ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙΣΘΑΙ, προσποιεισθαι
PROSPOIEISTHAI, prospoieisthai
Sounds Like: pros-poy-AY-sthai
Translations: to pretend, to feign, to make a show of, to assume, to claim, to acquire for oneself
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition πρός (pros, meaning 'to' or 'towards') and the verb ποιέω (poieō, meaning 'to make' or 'to do'). In its middle voice, as seen here, it means 'to make for oneself' or 'to do for oneself', which often translates to 'to pretend', 'to feign', or 'to make a show of'. It describes an action where someone outwardly displays something that may not be genuine, or claims something for themselves. It can also mean to acquire or gain something for oneself.
Inflection: Present, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4339 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 4:100
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΙΤΟ — he was pretending, he was feigning, he was making as if, he was making a show of
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they pretended, they feigned, they made as if, they made a show of
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΟ — he pretended, he feigned, he made as if, he claimed, he assumed
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΟΥ — pretended, feigned, made a pretense, claimed, affected
- ΠΡΟΣΕΠΟΙΟΥΝΤΟ — they were pretending, they were feigning, they were making as if
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙ — to pretend, to feign, to make as if, to claim, to assume, to affect, to appropriate
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙΝ — to pretend, to feign, to make as if, to simulate, to assume, to affect
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΙΤΑΙ — he pretends, he feigns, he makes as if, he assumes, he claims, he affects
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΩ — to pretend, to feign, to make as if, to claim, to assume
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΝ — pretending, feigning, making as if, making a show of, affecting
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having pretended, pretending, feigning, having made a pretense, having assumed, having taken on
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to pretend, to feign, to make a show of, to assume, to affect, to claim, to appropriate
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΗΤΟΣ — feigned, pretended, simulated, artificial
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΙ — feigning, pretending, affecting, those who feign, those who pretend
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — pretending, feigning, making a pretense, affecting, claiming, assuming, making as if
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — pretending, feigning, making a pretense, affecting, claiming, professing
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — pretending, feigning, making a show of, assuming, affecting
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — pretending, feigning, affecting, making a pretense, claiming, assuming
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — pretending, feigning, making a show of, those pretending, those feigning
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — pretending, feigning, making a show, affecting, claiming, assuming, professing
- ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΩΝ — pretending, feigning, making as if, affecting, claiming
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