G4392 – prophasis – πρόφασις – cloke, colour, pretence, show
- Strong’s ID:
- G4392
- Greek Word:
- πρόφασις
- Transliteration:
- prophasis
- Pronunciation:
- prof’-as-is
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 7
- Search:
- Find “prophasis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a compound of G4253 and G5316; an outward showing, i.e. pretext:—cloke, colour, pretence, show.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a pretext (alleged reason, pretended cause)
2) show
2a) under colour as though they would do something
2b) in pretence, ostensibly
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.