What does προσποιέομαι (prospoiéomai) mean in the Bible?
προσποιέομαι (prospoiéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to pretend".
Greek · G4364
προσποιέομαι
To pretend
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προσποιέομαι G4364
Pronunciation prospoiéomai
What does προσποιέομαι (prospoiéomai) mean in the Bible?
προσποιέομαι (prospoiéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to pretend".
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How does the BSB render G4364?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include seemed (1).
Where does προσποιέομαι (prospoiéomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It seemed 1× Luke 24:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 24:28
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
προσεποιήσατο 1x prosepoiēsato Luke 24:28
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 24:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to pretend
Source Gloss
to pretend
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:28 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Middle Indicative
προσεποιεῖτο prosepoieito
I pretend, regard
Read verse John 8:6 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
προσποιούμενος. prospoioumenov
I pretend, regard
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1 aorist 1
Voice
middle 2
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
προσποιέομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain