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πρόφασιςpróphasis
GreekG43926 occurrences (KJV)

an outward showing, i.e. pretext

KJV renders it: cloke, colour, pretence, show

Where it appears

  • Matt 23:14“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
  • Mark 12:40those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
  • Luke 20:47who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”
  • John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
  • Acts 27:30As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
  • Phil 1:18What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.