The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πρόφασις

Lemmaπρόφασις
Citation formπρόφασις, εως, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa pretext, an excuse
Strong’sG4392
Transliterationpróphasis
Definitionan outward showing, i.e. pretext
KJV glosses:--cloke, colour, pretence, show.
Derivationfrom a compound of and
SBLGNT occurrences6

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
προφάσει
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Mark 12:40
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Luke 20:47
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Acts 27:30
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Philippians 1:18
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)1 Thessalonians 2:5
πρόφασιν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)John 15:22

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: προφασις.