ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΕΤΑΙ, προφασιζεται
PROPHASIZETAI, prophasizetai
Sounds Like: pro-fah-SEE-zeh-teh
Translations: he makes an excuse, he pretends, he alleges, he offers as an excuse
From the root: ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to make an excuse, to pretend, or to allege something as a reason or pretext. It describes the act of offering a false or misleading reason for one's actions or inaction, often to avoid responsibility or to conceal the true motive. It is used when someone is trying to justify themselves or to create a plausible, though not necessarily true, explanation.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Present Tense, Indicative Mood, Middle Voice
Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 22:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to make a pretext, to offer an excuse, to pretend, to make a show, to make a pretense
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ — making a pretext, making an excuse, pretending, alleging, feigning
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