ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΣ, προφασεως
PROPHASEŌS, prophaseōs
Sounds Like: pro-PHA-se-ohs
Translations: of pretext, of excuse, of pretense, of outward show, of a pretext, of an excuse, of a pretense, of an outward show
From the root: ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a pretext, an excuse, a pretense, or an outward show. It is often used to describe a reason given for an action that is not the true reason, or a superficial appearance that hides the reality. It can be used in contexts where someone is trying to justify their actions or to deceive others.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 33:167
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΙ — (to) pretext, (to) excuse, (to) outward show, a pretext, an excuse, an outward show
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΙΣ — pretexts, excuses, reasons, pretenses
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΣΙΝ — pretext, excuse, a pretext, an excuse, pretense, a pretense
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΝ — of excuses, of pretexts, of pretenses, of allegations
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΝ — pretext, a pretext, excuse, a excuse, occasion, a occasion, appearance, a appearance
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ — pretext, an excuse, a pretense, a cloak, an outward show
- ΤΩΝΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΝ — (of) pretexts, (of) excuses, (of) pretenses, (of) appearances
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