ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΣΑΙ, προσονομασαι
PROSONOMASAI, prosonomasai
Sounds Like: pros-oh-no-MAH-sai
Translations: to name in addition, to surname, to call by a name
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'πρός' (to, in addition) and 'ὀνομάζω' (to name, to call). It means to give an additional name, to surname, or to call by a specific name. It is used to indicate the act of assigning a name or title, often one that is added to an existing name or is particularly descriptive.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4377 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 6:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — naming in addition, calling by an additional name, giving an additional name to
- ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they name in addition, they call by an additional name, they surname
- ΠΡΟΣΟΝΟΜΑΣΑΣ — having named in addition, having given an additional name, having called by an additional name
- ΠΡΟΣΩΝΟΜΑΣΑΝ — they named, they called, they gave a name to
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