Prospoiéomai — G4364

Definition

verb

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

1. to take or claim (a thing) to oneself
2. to conform oneself to a thing, or rather to affect to oneself

Usually translated as

make as though

Origin

middle voice from G4314 and G4160

• prós (G4314)
• poiéō (G4160)

Occurrences

Prospoiéomai occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1)

• Luke 24:28 — And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though (προσεποιειτο) he would have gone further.