G4364: προσποιέομαι
prospoiéomai · “to pretend”
Definition
to do forward for oneself, i.e. pretend (as if about to do a thing)
KJV translates it as: make as though
Word origin: middle voice from G4314 (πρός) and G4160 (ποιέω);
Extended definition
προσ-ποιέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 1Ki.21:13 (14) (הָלַל hithpo.), Job.19:14, (Sir 34:30 (Sir.31:30)), Dan LXX Su 1:11 * ;]
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.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 1Ki.21:13 (14) (הָלַל hithpo.), Job.19:14, (Sir 34:30 (Sir.31:30)), Dan LXX Su 1:11 * ;]
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.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4364 is translated
- appeared ×1
- pretending ×1
Bible verses with G4364 (prospoiéomai)
Prospoiéomai appears in 2 verses.
- Luke 24:28
And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
- John 8:6
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.