Strong G4364προσποιέω
to pretend
- Transliteration
- prospoieomai
- Pronunciation
- pros-poy-eh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-ποιέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 1Ki.21:13 (14) (הָלַל hithpo.), Job.19:14, (Sir 34:30 (Sir.31:30)), Dan LXX Su 1:11 *;]
to make over to, add or attach to. Mid., to take to oneself, claim; hence, to pretend; with inf. (cf. Xen., Anab., iv, 3, 20), to make as if: Luk.24:28.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 1Ki.21:13 (14) (הָלַל hithpo.), Job.19:14, (Sir 34:30 (Sir.31:30)), Dan LXX Su 1:11 *;]
to make over to, add or attach to. Mid., to take to oneself, claim; hence, to pretend; with inf. (cf. Xen., Anab., iv, 3, 20), to make as if: Luk.24:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4364 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- make1
First verses
- Luke 24:28And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προσποι-έω,
make over to, add or attach to, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.55, compare 2.2, 3.70, etc.)]; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.28, etc.; χάριν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.14, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.21.)]
2 μνημείῳ κακὸν π. do damage to, [Refs (MAMA 4.27.)]
3 ={προσποιέομαι} 11.3, ὡς εἴη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 1.5.)]
II mostly in middle, with aorist passive in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus (see. below 5), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.46, 19.6)]:—procure for oneself, ξύλινον πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37)]; include in one's purview, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.19, 6.3.8, 6.3.19)]: most frequently of persons, attach to oneself, win or gain over, ἑταιρηΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71, compare 6.66, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.77, etc.; τὸν δῆμον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 215)]; [θεούς] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 6.3: c.double _accusative_, φίλους π. τινάς)] as friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6; εὔνουν π. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1387; ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8; π. χωρίον ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν [prev. author] 2.30.)]
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+ ([prev. author] 1.137; φήμην 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.166; μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1127b9: with _genitive_ _partitive_, π. τῶν χρημάτων)] claim some of.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 871, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.3, 7.)]
II.3 generally, pretend, affect, ὀργήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; τὸ δεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.24)]; π. ἔχθραν use it as a pretence, allege, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.108; π. Ἀριστοτέλην 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 50)]: c.accusative participle, προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.531.)]
II.4 with infinitive, pretend to do or to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.2, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.2, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13)]; ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι profess to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 519c, cf. Alcaeus1.108e, etc.; π. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν [prev. author] “Ap.” 23d)], compare 26e; ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.125)]; μὴ ἀποκτείνας π. (i.e. ἀποκτεῖναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.75)]: aorist passive, -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.6)]: with infinitive future, make as if one would, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.20, etc.)]
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+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.47, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 1.5; τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.10; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιῇ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Epit.fragment” 8, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 23)]: aorist passive, σαφῶς εἰδὼς.., οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.25.7, compare 31.14.1.)]
make over to, add or attach to, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.55, compare 2.2, 3.70, etc.)]; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.28, etc.; χάριν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.14, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.21.)]
2 μνημείῳ κακὸν π. do damage to, [Refs (MAMA 4.27.)]
3 ={προσποιέομαι} 11.3, ὡς εἴη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 1.5.)]
II mostly in middle, with aorist passive in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus (see. below 5), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.46, 19.6)]:—procure for oneself, ξύλινον πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37)]; include in one's purview, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.19, 6.3.8, 6.3.19)]: most frequently of persons, attach to oneself, win or gain over, ἑταιρηΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71, compare 6.66, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.77, etc.; τὸν δῆμον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 215)]; [θεούς] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 6.3: c.double _accusative_, φίλους π. τινάς)] as friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6; εὔνουν π. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1387; ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8; π. χωρίον ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν [prev. author] 2.30.)]
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+ ([prev. author] 1.137; φήμην 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.166; μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1127b9: with _genitive_ _partitive_, π. τῶν χρημάτων)] claim some of.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 871, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.3, 7.)]
II.3 generally, pretend, affect, ὀργήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; τὸ δεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.24)]; π. ἔχθραν use it as a pretence, allege, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.108; π. Ἀριστοτέλην 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 50)]: c.accusative participle, προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.531.)]
II.4 with infinitive, pretend to do or to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.2, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.2, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13)]; ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι profess to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 519c, cf. Alcaeus1.108e, etc.; π. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν [prev. author] “Ap.” 23d)], compare 26e; ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.125)]; μὴ ἀποκτείνας π. (i.e. ἀποκτεῖναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.75)]: aorist passive, -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.6)]: with infinitive future, make as if one would, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.20, etc.)]
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+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.47, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 1.5; τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.10; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιῇ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Epit.fragment” 8, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 23)]: aorist passive, σαφῶς εἰδὼς.., οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.25.7, compare 31.14.1.)]