Word Summary
prosphatos: freshly slain, generally new
Original Word: πρόσφατοςTransliteration: prosphatos
Phonetic Spelling: (pros'-fat-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: freshly slain, generally new
Meaning: freshly slain, generally new
Strong's Concordance
new.
From pro and a derivative of sphazo; previously (recently) slain (fresh), i.e. (figuratively) lately made -- new.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK sphazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.