ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ, προφασις
PROPHASIS, prophasis
Sounds Like: PRO-fah-sis
Translations: pretext, an excuse, a pretense, a cloak, an outward show
From the root: ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a plausible but false reason or motive given to conceal the true intention. It can also mean an outward appearance or show that serves to hide something else. It is often used in contexts where someone is trying to justify an action or avoid blame by presenting a misleading reason.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4392 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 140:4
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 28:1
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
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΣ — of pretext, of excuse, of pretense, of outward show, of a pretext, of an excuse, of a pretense, of an outward show
- ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΝ — pretext, a pretext, excuse, a excuse, occasion, a occasion, appearance, a appearance
- ΤΩΝΠΡΟΦΑΣΕΩΝ — (of) pretexts, (of) excuses, (of) pretenses, (of) appearances
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