ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΗΤΕ, προτιμησητε
PROTIMĒSĒTE, protimēsēte
Sounds Like: pro-tee-MAY-see-teh
Translations: prefer, value more, honor before, choose before, you should prefer, you should value more
From the root: ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition πρό (pro), meaning 'before' or 'in front of,' and the verb τιμάω (timao), meaning 'to honor' or 'to value.' Together, it means to honor or value something before something else, hence to prefer or choose it. It is used to express a command or strong recommendation to give precedence or higher regard to one thing over another.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:181
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΕΤΙΜΗΣΕ — he preferred, he valued more highly, he esteemed more highly
- ΠΡΟΕΤΙΜΗΣΕΝ — he preferred, she preferred, it preferred
- ΠΡΟΕΤΙΜΩΝ — preferred, was preferring, chose, was choosing
- ΠΡΟΤΕΤΙΜΗΜΕΝΗ — preferred, highly esteemed, honored before, a preferred one, a highly esteemed one
- ΠΡΟΤΕΤΙΜΗΜΕΝΟΝ — preferred, honored, esteemed, highly regarded
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΝ — to prefer, to honor above, to value more highly, to esteem more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΩ — to prefer, to honor before, to value more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be preferred, to be honored before, to be esteemed more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΙ — to prefer, to honor before, to value more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΙΜΙ — I would prefer, I would rather choose, I would rather honor
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — preferring, having preferred, choosing, having chosen, valuing more, having valued more
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — preferring, having preferred, choosing before, having chosen before, honoring above
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΑΣ — preferring, having preferred, honoring before, valuing above
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΕΙΕ — he would prefer, he would honor before, he would value more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — about to be preferred, about to be honored, about to be esteemed
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΗ — to prefer, to honor before, to value more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝ — preferring, valuing above, honoring before, esteeming more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝΤΑΣ — preferring, valuing more, honoring above, esteeming more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝΤΕΣ — preferring, honoring before, valuing more highly, those who prefer
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΝΤΟΣ — of one preferring, of one honoring before, of one valuing more, of one esteeming more highly
- ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΣΙΝ — they prefer, they honor more, they value more
- ΠΡΟΥΤΙΜΑ — preferred, esteemed more highly, honored more highly
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