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verb

Greekπροσποιέομαι (prospoieomai)
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.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

acted as though1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.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
prospoietaπροσεποιήσατοhappened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singularacted as though1×

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 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

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

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singularprospoiemiprospoiema
you 2nd person singularprospoiesiprospoiesa
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoietiprospoieta1×προσεποιήσατο
we 1st person pluralprospoieniprospoiena
ye 2nd person pluralprospoieviprospoieva
they 3rd person pluralprospoieliprospoiela
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

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

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularprospoiemeia
you 2nd person singularprospoieseia
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoieteia
we 1st person pluralprospoieneia
ye 2nd person pluralprospoieveia
they 3rd person pluralprospoieleia
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularprospoiosōrprospoiosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoiotōrprospoiotēr
ye 2nd person pluralprospoiovōrprospoiovēr
they 3rd person pluralprospoiolōrprospoiolēr

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singularprospoiesar
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoietar
ye 2nd person pluralprospoievar
they 3rd person pluralprospoielar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

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

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularprospoiemoia
you 2nd person singularprospoiesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularprospoietoia
we 1st person pluralprospoienoia
ye 2nd person pluralprospoievoia
they 3rd person pluralprospoieloia
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
acts on or for itself middle voiceprospoieriprospoiera
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceprospoiorōntosprospoiorēntos
acts on or for itself middle voiceprospoierintosprospoierantos

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

prospoieta“acted as though”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 24:28“acted as though”… tan kōman hou poreuole, kai autos prospoieta porrōteron poreuorō.… they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.