Lexicon prosphatos: freshly slain, generally new Original Word: πρόσφατος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: prosphatos Phonetic Spelling: (pros'-fat-os) Short Definition: recent, new Definition: (originally: newly slaughtered, freshly killed), recent, new. HELPS word-Studies 4372 prósphatos (an adjective, derived from 4314 /prós, "towards, with" and phenō, "to kill, slaughter") – properly, purposefully kill ("slaughter"). 4372 /prósphatos ("freshly-killed") is used only in Heb 10:20, describing "the new road" Christ has successfully inaugurated (the NT era) by the sacrifice of Himself. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pros and a prim. root phen- (to slay, kill) Definitionfreshly slain, generally new NASB Translationnew (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4372: πρόσφατοςπρόσφατος, πρόσφατον (from πρό and σφάω or σφάζω; cf. Delitzsch, Commentary on Hebrews (as below), p. 478; (cf. Lob. Technol., p. 106)); 1. properly, lately slaughtered, freshly killed: Homer, Iliad 21, 757. 2. universally, recently or very lately made, new: ὁδός, Hebrews 10:20 (so from Aeschylus down; φίλος πρόσφατος, Sir. 9:10; οὐκ ἐστι πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπό τόν ἥλιον, Ecclesiastes 1:9). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 374f.
Strong's new. From pro and a derivative of sphazo; previously (recently) slain (fresh), i.e. (figuratively) lately made -- new. see GREEK pro see GREEK sphazo |
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