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verb

Greekπροσποιέω (prospoieō)
Biblang

prospoiomō

Strong’sG4364

I pretend, regard

stem prospoi-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

προσ-ποιέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: I Ki 21:13 (14) (הלל hithpo.), Jb 19:14, Si 34 (31):30, Da LXX Su 11*;]

to make over to, add or attach to. Mid., to take to oneself, claim; hence, to pretend; c. inf. (cf. Xen., Anab., iv, 3, 20), to make as if: Lk 24:28.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4364 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpros-poy-eh'-om-ahee

to do forward for oneself, i.e. pretend (as if about to do a thing)

Frommiddle voice from G4314 and G4160;

King Jamesmake as though.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
προσποι-έω,
make over to, add or attach to, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν Refs 5th c.BC+; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει Refs 5th c.BC+
2 μνημείῳ κακὸν π. do damage to, Refs
3 ={προσποιέομαι} 11.3, ὡς εἴη Refs 2nd c.AD+
II mostly in middle, with aorist passive in Refs 2nd c.BC+:—procure for oneself, ξύλινον πόδα Refs 5th c.BC+; include in one's purview, Refs 3rd c.AD+: most frequently of persons, attach to oneself, win or gain over, ἑταιρηΐην Refs 5th c.BC+; [θεούς] Refs 5th c.BC+ as friends, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 take to oneself what does not belong to one, pretend to, lay claim to, with accusative, τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν Refs 4th c.BC+ claim some of.. , Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 generally, pretend, affect, ὀργήν Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἔχθραν use it as a pretence, allege, Refs 5th c.BC+: c.accusative participle, προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον Refs 1st c.AD+
II.4 with infinitive, pretend to do or to be, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι profess to be, Refs 5th c.BC+, compare 26e; ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ (i.e. εἶναι) Refs 4th c.BC+; μὴ ἀποκτείνας π. (i.e. ἀποκτεῖναι) Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist passive, -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν Refs 1st c.BC+: with infinitive future, make as if one would, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 with a negative, pretend the contrary, δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι one must make as if it were not so, Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist passive, σαφῶς εἰδὼς.., οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ Refs 2nd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
prospoiorōntosπροσποιούμενοςhappening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularprospoiomōprospoiomeprospoiomēprospoiomelē
you 2nd person singularprospoiosōprospoioseprospoiosēprospoioselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoiotōprospoioteprospoiotēprospoiotelē
we 1st person pluralprospoionōprospoioneprospoionēprospoionelē
ye 2nd person pluralprospoiovōprospoioveprospoiovēprospoiovelē
they 3rd person pluralprospoiolōprospoioleprospoiolēprospoiolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularprospoiomeiōprospoiomeiē
you 2nd person singularprospoioseiōprospoioseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoioteiōprospoioteiē
we 1st person pluralprospoioneiōprospoioneiē
ye 2nd person pluralprospoioveiōprospoioveiē
they 3rd person pluralprospoioleiōprospoioleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularprospoiosōrprospoiosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoiotōrprospoiotēr
ye 2nd person pluralprospoiovōrprospoiovēr
they 3rd person pluralprospoiolōrprospoiolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularprospoiomoiō
you 2nd person singularprospoiosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoiotoiō
we 1st person pluralprospoionoiō
ye 2nd person pluralprospoiovoiō
they 3rd person pluralprospoioloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceprospoiorōprospoiorē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceprospoiorōntos1×προσποιούμενοςprospoiorēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
prospoistem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

prospoi is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prospoiorōntoshappening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×

John 8:6… daktulo grafate eis tan gēan. mē prospoiorōntos… to write on the ground with His finger.