Definition

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

Etymology

middle voice from G4314 (πρός) and G4160 (ποιέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• make as though

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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