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πρόφασις

Transliteration: prophasis · noun

6x in NTFirst: Mark 12:40
Meaninga pretext, an excuse
Part of speechnoun
Frequency6x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsπροφάσει, πρόφασιν
Example versesMark 12:40 · Luke 20:47 · John 15:22 · Acts 27:30 · Phil 1:18
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What kind of word is πρόφασις?

πρόφασις (prophasis) is a noun that occurs 6 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “a pretext, an excuse” and first appears in Mark 12:40.

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