ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΝ, προστασιαν
PROSTASIAN, prostasian
Sounds Like: pros-ta-SEE-an
Translations: protection, a protection, patronage, a patronage, guardianship, a guardianship, leadership, a leadership, administration, an administration, superintendence, a superintendence
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of standing before or over someone or something, implying protection, leadership, or administration. It describes the role or function of someone who provides oversight, care, or defense. It can also refer to the position of authority or responsibility itself.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:183
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 7:165
- Book 6 — 3:32
- Book 11 — 6:275
- Book 12 — 6:161, 6:285
- Book 13 — 6:201
- Book 20 — 8:158, 10:238, 10:244, 10:251
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ.
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.
- ΕΠΙΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ — protection, patronage, guardianship, superintendence, administration
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ — protection, a protection, patronage, a patronage, guardianship, a guardianship, superintendence, a superintendence, administration, an administration
- ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ — of protection, of patronage, of guardianship, of leadership, of superintendence, of a protector, of a patron
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