Original Word: προσποιέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: prospoieó
Pronunciation: pros-poy-EH-o
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-poy-eh'-om-ahee)
KJV: make as though
NASB: acted as though
Word Origin: [middle voice from G4314 (πρός - against) and G4160 (ποιέω - do)]

1. to do forward for oneself, i.e. pretend (as if about to do a thing)

pretend, make as though.

Middle voice from pros and poieo; to do forward for oneself, i.e. Pretend (as if about to do a thing) -- make as though.

see GREEK pros

see GREEK poieo

Word Origin
from pros and poieó
Definition
to attach to, take to oneself, hence to pretend
NASB Translation
acted as though (1).

STRONGS NT 4364: προσποιέω

προσποιέω: middle, present participle προσποιούμενος (see below); imperfect 3 person singular προσεποιεῖτο (Luke 24:28, for which L text T Tr WH give the 1 aorist προσεποιήσατο); in prose writings from Herodotus down; to add to (cf. German hinzumachen); middle

1. to take or claim (a thing) to oneself.

2. to conform oneself to a thing, or rather to affect to oneself; therefore to pretend, followed by an infinitive (A. V. made as though he would etc.), Luke 24:28; κατέγραφεν εἰς τήν γῆν μή προσποιούμενος, John 8:6 according to manuscripts E G H K etc. (cf. Matthaei (1803 edition) at the passage). (So in Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others; Diodorus 15, 46; Philo in Flac. § 6; (in § 12 followed by participle; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 1); Aelian v. h. 8, 5; Plutarch, Timol. 5; (Test xii. Patr., test. Jos. § 3).)

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