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G4392πρόφασιςprophasis

pretensePart of speech: Greek Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. Romans: 0
  7. 1 Corinthians: 0
  8. 2 Corinthians: 0
  9. Galatians: 0
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. 1
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 1
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 2 Timothy: 0
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. Hebrews: 0
  20. James: 0
  21. 1 Peter: 0
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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7 occurrences in 7 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Matthew 23:14 (not in Bible in Basic English)

    προφάσει prophasei “as a pretext”

  2. Mark 12:40

    Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

    προφάσει prophasei “as a pretext”

  3. Luke 20:47

    Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

    προφάσει prophasei “as a pretext”

  4. John 15:22

    If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

    πρόφασιν prophasin “excuse”

  5. Acts 27:30

    Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

    προφάσει prophasei “under pretense”

  6. Philippians 1:18

    What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

    προφάσει prophasei “in pretext”

  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:5

    For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

    προφάσει prophasei “a pretext”