Greek noun (feminine) · G4392
πρόφασις
prophasisprof'-as-is
pretense
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: próphasis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4392is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4392
an outward showing, i.e. pretext
The King James renders it: cloke, colour, pretence, show.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
prophasis is rendered "pretense". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- One of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 12:40They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
Mark 12:40προφάσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in six of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- as a pretext2
- a pretext1
- excuse1
- in pretext1
- under pretense1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- προφάσει5
- πρόφασιν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular5N-DSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
Mark
one use
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- προφάσειprophaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: as a pretext
Luke
one use
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- προφάσειprophaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: as a pretext
John
one use
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- πρόφασινprophasinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: excuse
Acts
one use
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- προφάσειprophaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: under pretense
Philippians
one use
What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
- προφάσειprophaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: in pretext
1 Thessalonians
one use
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
- προφάσειprophaseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: a pretext
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.