ΠΡΟΣΤΡΕΠΕΣΘΕ, προστρεπεσθε
PROSTREPESTHE, prostrepesthe
Sounds Like: pros-TREP-ess-theh
Translations: turn to, resort to, apply to, address, worship
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to turn towards something or someone, to resort to them for help or guidance, or to apply oneself to a task. It can also carry the sense of addressing or worshipping a deity. It implies a deliberate turning or inclination towards a particular direction or entity.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Imperative, Second Person Plural
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:32
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 2:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΤΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΤΡΕΠΟΙΣΘΕ — you might turn to, you might worship, you might address, you might appeal to
- ΠΡΟΣΤΡΕΠΟΜΕΝΟΙ — turning towards, turning to, resorting to, having recourse to, appealing to
- ΠΡΟΣΤΡΕΠΟΝΤΑΙ — they turn to, they resort to, they appeal to, they apply to
- ΠΡΟΣΤΡΕΠΩ — to turn to, to resort to, to apply to, to have recourse to
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