Библейское слово «πρόφασις» в греческих словарях

πρό-φᾰσις, εως ἡ

1) основание, повод, мотив (ἀληθεστάτη Thuc.; εἰκυῖα Plat.): ἡ ~ τῆς αἰτίας Lys. основание обвинения; προφάσεις καὶ αἰτίαι Thuc. основания и причины;

2) предлог, отговорка, увёртка: προφάσει, ἀπὸ προφάσεως Thuc., ἐπὶ προφάσεως, ἀπὸ προφάσιος, διὰ и κατὰ πρόφασιν, προφάσιος εἵνεκεν Her., προφάσεως χάριν Arst. или ἐκ προφάσεως Polyb. под (благовидным) предлогом; πρόφασιν Hom., Thuc., Lys. и προφάσει NT для видимости, для вида; πρόφασιν ἔχειν Thuc. etc. иметь предлог (оправдание) или служить предлогом; μή μοι προφάσεις! Arph. никаких отговорок!;

3) Soph. v._l. = πρόφανσις.

πρό-φασις, -εως, ἡ
(φήμι), [in LXX: Psa.141:4 (עֲלִילָה), ??עֲלִילָה), ??Dan.6:4-5(5-6) (עִלָּה) Pro.18:1, Hos.10:4 * ;]
a pretence, pretext: Mat.23:1 (WM, R, txt., om.), Mrk.12:40, Luk.20:47 Jhn.15:22, Act.27:30, Php.1:18, 1Th.2:5.†
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πρόφᾰσ-ις, εως, ἡ,
(προφαίνω) motive or cause alleged, whether truly or falsely: then, actual motive or cause, whether alleged or not:
I alleged motive, plea, without implication of truth or falsity, ἐπὶ σμικρῇ π. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; καὶ ἐπὶ μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐπὶ βραχείᾳ π. whether the plea put forward be a trifle or a weighty matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς αἰτίας τὴν π. the plea in the case, the basis of the charge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοιαύτας ἔχοντες π. καὶ αἰτίας pleas and motives, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπιεικής[Refs 4th c.BC+]; προφάσεις ἀληθεῖς λέγοντος pleading what was in fact true, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2 falsely alleged motive (or cause), pretext, pretence, excuse, π. ἰδίης ἀβουλίης an excuse for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] in pretence, ostensibly, στενάχοντο γυναῖκες Πάτροκλον π., σφῶν δ᾽ αὐτῶν κήδε᾽ ἑκάστη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to τὸ ἀληθές, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προφάσει τῶν δημοσίων on the pretence that public debts are owing, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; προφάσιος [εἵνεκεν], προφάσεως ἕνεκα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ μικρᾶς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, αὕτη γὰρ ἦν σοι π. ἐκβαλεῖν ἐμέ for casting me out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοῖς δειλοῖς ἔχει μὴ ἰέναι gives them an excuse or plea for not going, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὑρὼν π. [Refs 4th c.AD+]
I.2.b phrases, πρόφασιν διδόναι, ἐνδοῦναι, allow, afford an excuse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. μηδεμίαν θέμενος making no excuse, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. προτεῖναι put forward a pretext, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προφάσιας εἷλκον kept making pretences, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ πρεσβείας πορισάμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχει προφάσεις it is excusable,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2.c elliptically, μή μοι πρόφασιν no excuse, no shuffling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II the actual motive, purpose, or cause, whether alleged or not, οὔτ᾽ εὐνῆς πρόφασιν κεχρημένος οὔτε τευ ἄλλου [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐκ προφάσεως τῶν.. στρατιωτῶν δηληγατευθὲν μέτρον ἐλαίου for the purpose of.., [Refs 4th c.AD+]; τὴν ἀληθεστάτην π., ἀφανεστάτην δὲ λόγῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially as a medical technical term, external exciting cause, ἐκ πάσης π. ἐκτιτρώσκουσι they miscarry on any provocation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, cause, σμικρὰ π. ἔξωθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βραχεῖα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φανερὴ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βραχείας προφάσεως ἔδει μόνον ἐφ᾽ ᾗ.. δεξόμεθα.. it needed but a little to move us to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 occasion, θοἰμάτιον δεικνὺς τοδὶ πρόφασιν ἔφασκον, ὦ γύναι, λίαν σπαθᾷς I said à propos,.. I took occasion to say.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ π. à propos of me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῇ π. τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ ἀρχῆς on the occasion of my accession, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III persuasion, suggestion, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV preface, τὰς σημειώσεις ὑπὸ μίαν ἐκθησόμεθα π. [Refs 1st c.AD+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0