STRONGS NUMBER G4372


Word Summary
prosphatos: freshly slain, generally new
Original Word: πρόσφατος
Transliteration: 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: πρόσφατος

πρόσφατος, 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.