Lexical Definition
προσποιέομαι prospoiéomai (pros-poy-eh'-om-ahee) to pretend G:V
middle voice from πρός and ποιέω
make as though.
- to do forward for oneself, i.e. pretend (as if about to do a thing)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| προσποιούμενοσ | pretending | John.8.6 |
| προσεποιήσατο | appeared | Luke.24.28 |
| προσεποιήσαντό | pretend | LXX.Job.19.14 |
Abbott-Smith
προσ-ποιέω, -ῶ, [in LXX: I Ki 21:13* (14*) (הלל hithpo.), Jb 19:14, Si 34 (31):30, Da LXX Su 11*;]
to make over to, add or attach to. Mid., to take to oneself, claim; hence, to pretend; c. inf. (cf. Xen., Anab., iv, 3, 20), to make as if: Lk 24:28.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| 1 Samuel | 21:13* · 21:14* |
| Job | 19:14 |
| Luke | 24:28 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
προσποιέω-έω,
make over to, add or attach to, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 μνημείῳ κακὸν π. do damage to, [Refs]
__3 ={προσποιέωέομαι} 11.3, ὡς εἴη [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II mostly in middle, with aorist passive in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—procure for oneself, ξύλινον πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; include in one's purview, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: most frequently of persons, attach to oneself, win or gain over, ἑταιρηΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [θεούς] [Refs 5th c.BC+] as friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__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+] claim some of.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 generally, pretend, affect, ὀργήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχθραν use it as a pretence, allege, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative participle, προσποιέωούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.4 with infinitive, pretend to do or to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι profess to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 26e; ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιέωῇ (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ ἀποκτείνας π. (i.e. ἀποκτεῖναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist passive, -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with infinitive future, make as if one would, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 with a negative, pretend the contrary, δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιέωεῖσθαι one must make as if it were not so, [προσποιέωουμένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.10; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιέωῇ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Epit.fragment” 8, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 23 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist passive, σαφῶς εἰδὼς.., οὐ προσποιέωηθεὶς δέ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]