Strong's Number 4392
Transliteration:
prophasis
{prof'-as-is}
Word Origin:
from a compound of
4253 and
5316Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
pretence 3, cloke 2, show 1, colour 1
Total: 7
Definition:
- a pretext (alleged reason, pretended cause)
- show
- under colour as though they would do something
- in pretence, ostensibly