Quick Definition
προσποιέω v. I pretend, regard
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 4314 and 4160; to do forward for oneself, i.e. pretend (as if about to do a thing)
KJV Usage: make as though
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ποιέω
41.49 · (προσποιέομαι) · Behavior and Related States · Imitate Behavior
to pretend, to give the impression that, to act as though to imitate a particular type of behavior as a means of indicating a presumed intent
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσ-ποιέω: Mid., pres. ptep. προσποιούμενος (see below); impf. 3 pers. sing. προσεποιεῖτο (Lk. xxiv. 28, for which L txt. T Tr WH give the 1 aor. προσεποιήσατο); in prose writ. fr. Hdt. down; to add to [ef. Germ. hinzumachen]; mid. 1. to take or claim (a thing) to one’s self. 2. to conform one’s self to a thing, or rather lo affect to one’s self; therefore to pretend, foll. by an inf. [A. V. made as though he would ete.], Lk. xxiv. 28; xaτέγραφεν εἰς τὴν γῆν μὴ προσποιούμενος, Jn. vill. 6 acc. to codd. E G H K ete. [ef. Matthaei (ed. 1803) ad loe.}. (So in Thue., Xen., Plat., Dem., al.; Diod. 15, 46; Philo in Flace. § 6; [in § 12 foll. by ptep.; Joseph. ec. Ap. 1, 1]; Ael.v. h. 8,5; Plut. Timol. 5; [Test. xii. Patr., test. Jos. 531)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσποιέω prospoieō 1x
to add or attach; mid. to attach to one’s self; to claim or arrogate to one’s self; to assume the appearance of, make a show of, pretend, Lk. 24:28*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προσ-ποιέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: I Ki 21:13 (14) (הלל hithpo.), Jb 19:14, Si 34 (31):30, Da LXX Su 11*;]
to make over to, add or attach to. Mid., to take to oneself, claim; hence, to pretend; c. inf. (cf. Xen., Anab., iv, 3, 20), to make as if: Lk 24:28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσποιέω. In P Oxy I. 12121 (iii/A.D.) μὴ προσποιήσῃς πρὸς τοὺς κυρείους αὐτῶν, the editors translate ‘“‘don’t make over anything to their masters,” but suggest that the verb may have the sense of the mid. ‘‘don’t make any pretence.” This is the meaning generally given in its only NT occurrence Lk 248 (cf. Job 1914), but see Plummer /CC ad 1. Other exx. from the Kow# are P Oxy III. 531° (ii/a.D.) μηδὲν προσποιηθῇς ἕως ἐπ᾿ ἀγαθῷ πρὸς σὲ παραγένοί --ω)μαι, ‘claim nothing until I come to you auspiciously” (Edd.), and the fragmentary PSI III. 220% (iii/A.D. ) προσεποιήθην. See also the description of the ironical man in Theophr. Char. p. 521° (ed. Jebb) προσποιήσασθαι ἄρτι παραγεγονέναι, ‘he will pretend that he has just arrived,” Ga
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσποιέω (prospoieō) — to pretend. προσποι-έω, make over to, add or attach to, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. μνημείῳ κακὸν π. do damage to, [Refs]
3. ={προσποιέομαι} 11.3, ὡς εἴη [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. mostly in middle, with aorist passive in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—procure for oneself, ξύλινον πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; include in one's purview, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: most frequently of persons, attach to oneself, win or gain over, ἑταιρηΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [θεούς] [Refs 5th c.BC+] as friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. take to oneself what does not belong to one, pretend to, lay claim to, with accusative, τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+] claim some of.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. generally, pretend, affect, ὀργήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχθραν use it as a pretence, allege, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative participle, προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.4. with infinitive, pretend to do or to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι profess to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 26e; ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ ἀποκτείνας π. (i.e. ἀποκτεῖναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist passive, -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with infinitive future, make as if one would, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. with a negative, pretend the contrary, δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι one must make as if it were not so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist passive, σαφῶς εἰδὼς.., οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]