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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πρόφασις
πρόφασις
G4392
Transliteration: próphasis
Pronunciation: prof'-as-is
Definition: cloke
- Original: πρόφασις - Transliteration: Prophasis - Phonetic: prof'-as-is
- Definition:
1. a pretext (alleged reason, pretended cause)
2. show
a. under colour as though they would do something
b. in pretence, ostensibly
- Origin: from a compound of G4253" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4253 and G5316" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5316 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From a compound of G4253" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4253 and G5316" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5316; an outward showing that is pretext: - cloke colour pretence show.