Dictionary entry

πρόφασις

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πρό-φασις, -εως, ἡ

(< φήμι), [in LXX: Ps 140 (141):4 (עֲלִילָה), Da TH 6:4, 5 (5, 6) (עִלָּה), Pr 18:1, Ho 10:4*;]

a pretence, pretext: Mt 23:1 (WM, R, txt., om.), Mk 12:40, Lk 20:47, Jo 15:22, Ac 27:30, Phl 1:18, I Th 2:5.†