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GreekG8896Verb

προΐημι

proiēmi

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Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to send before, send on or forward, (Homer): also, to send something to another, ἀγγελίας, *φήμην *(Odyssey by Homer):—; (Homer) often with an infinitive added; αἰετὼ προέηκα πέτεσθαι, *οὖρον προέηκεν ἀῆναι *(Odyssey by Homer)
2.to send away, dismiss, let go, (Iliad by Homer); *τήνδε θεῷ πρόες *let her go to the god, i. e. in reverence to him, (Iliad by Homer)
3.to let loose, let fall, especially thoughtlessly, *ἔπος προέηκε *let drop a word, (Odyssey by Homer); *πηδάλιον ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε *he let the helm slip from his hands, (Odyssey by Homer); *δάκρυα προῆκεν *(Euripides)
4.of missiles, to send forth, shoot or dart forth, (Homer)
5.of a river, ὕδωρ προί̈*ει ἐς Πηνειόν *it pours its water into the Peneius, (Iliad by Homer)
6.πρ. *τινί ποιεῖν τι *to allow one to do, (Pindar)
7.to give up, deliver over, betray one to his enemy, (Herdotus Historicus): —;Pass. to be given or thrown away, *εἰ προεῖτο ταῦτα *(Demosthenes Orator)
8.ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτίκα ἡδὺ πρ. *αὑτόν *to give up or devote oneself to present delights, (Xenophon Historicus)
9.Mid. to send forward from oneself, drive forward, (Xenophon Historicus):—;of sounds, to utter, (Aeschines Orator), etc.
10.to give up, let go: to give up to the enemy, (Thucydides), etc.; πρ. *σφᾶς αὑτούς *gave themselves up as lost, (Thucydides)
11.to desert, abandon, (Thucydides); οὐδαμῆ προί̈*εντο ἑαυτούς *did not lose themselves (i. e. take bribes), (Demosthenes Orator)
12.to give away, give freely, (Thucydides), etc.; *προέσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων *(Demosthenes Orator)
13.to throw off one's clothes, (Demosthenes Orator): and, in bad sense, to throw away, *τὸν καιρόν *(Demosthenes Orator); *τὰ πατρῷα *(Aeschines Orator): absolute to be lavish, (Aristotle Philosopher)
14.a second predicate is sometimes added, *ἡμᾶς προέσθαι ἀδικουμένους *to suffer us to be wronged, (Thucydides); *προέμενοι αὐτοὺς ἀπολέσθαι *(Xenophon Historicus); πρ. *τινὶ ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατῆσαι *(Demosthenes Orator)
15.to suffer to escape, (Polybius Historicus)
16.rarely in good sense, to give over to one, confide to one's care, (Xenophon Historicus)
17.to neglect, disregard, (Aristotle Philosopher):—; absolute to neglect all advice, to be reckless, (Demosthenes Orator)

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προΐημι appears 0 times in the New Testament.

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