Quick Definition
πρόσφατος, ον Adj recent, new
Strong's Definition
previously (recently) slain (fresh), i.e. (figuratively) lately made
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and a derivative of G4969 (σφάζω);
KJV Usage: new
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | φατός [θείνω]
58.73 · Nature, Class, Example · New, Old [primarily non-temporal]
new, recent, new and different pertaining to what is new and recent, in the sense of not previously existing
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρόσφατος, -ον, (fr. πρό and σφάω or σφάζω; cf. Delitzsch, Com. on Hebr. [as below] p. 478 ; [ef. Lob. Technol. p. 106]) ; 1. prop. lately slaughtered, freshly killed: Wom. Il. 24, 757. 2. univ. recently or very lately made, new: ὁδός, Heb. x. 20 (so fr. Aeschyl. down ; φίλος πρόσφατος, Sir. ix. 10; οὐκ ἔστι πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, Eccl. i. 9). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 374 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πρόσφατος prosphatos 1x
pr. recently killed; hence, genr. recent, new, newly or lately made, Heb. 10:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πρόσφατος, -ον
(on the derivation, v. Boisacq, s.v. and cf. -ως), [in LXX: Nu 6:3 (לַח), De 32:17, Ec 1:9 (חָדָשׁ), Ps 80 (81):9 (זוּר), Si 9:10*;]
originally, freshly slain.
Generally (from Æsch. on), new, fresh, recent: ὁδός, He 10:20 (v. MM, Exp., xxi; Rutherford, NPhr., 471 f.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πρόσφατος, derived from πρός and the root οἵ φόνος, ἔπεφνον etc., means originally ‘‘fresb-killed’’ (see Boisacq p. 816 for alternative derivations), but the second element in the compound died out quite early, and the word came to be used generally, ‘‘new,’’ ‘‘fresh,’’ ‘‘ recent,” as e.g. in the medical receipt P Oxy VIII. 1088”? (early i/A.D.) ἑλλεβόρου λευκοῦ προσφατώτερον τρίψας, ‘‘ pound fresh some white hellebore” (Ed.). In Afchel 1501*4 (B.c. 103-2) τὰς [ἐϊλ[άας τὰς προσ]φάτους, the adj. is used of ‘* fresh,” not salted, ‘‘ olives”: cf. Menander Fragm. p. 132 ἐν προσφάτοις ἰχθυδίοις τεθραμμένα, “" brought up on fresh fish.’’ Phrynichus (p. 374, ed. Lob.) discusses whether in view of the word’s etymology it is right to say πρόσφατον πρᾶγμα or only πρόσφατος νεκρός and the like, and finds an answer in a line of Sophocles 4 xdromeda— μηδὲν φοβεῖσθε προσφάτους ἐπιστολάς. See also Rutherford NP p. 471. and Pearson on Soph. fr. 128.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πρόσφατος (prosphatos) — new. πρόσφᾰτος, ον, fresh, not decomposed, of a corpse miraculously preserved, νῦν δέ μοι ἑρσήεις καὶ π. ἐν μεγάροισιν κεῖσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νεκρὸς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+].; τροφὴ ἔτι π. (i.e. before digestion begins) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [ζῷα] τὰ πεπωκότα πόμα π. which have taken a recent drink, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐχῖνοι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of poultry, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; [κρέα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα π., opposed to salted, [Refs 5th c.BC+], gloss on{ποταίνια} in [Refs]; καρποί, ἔλαιον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥίζαι [σιλφίου] [LXX+5th c.BC+] = recently entertained); ὕδωρ newly-drawn well-water, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; αἷμα uncoagulated, opposed to πεπηγότες θρόμβοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπέρμα, οὖρον, [Refs]
2. of events and actions, recent, δίκαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύπη defined as δόξα πρόσφατος κακοῦ παρουσίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [πράγματα] [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὄγκοι (={οἰδήματα}) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; βήξ, i.e. not yet chronic, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γάλα, i.e. lately begun to be secreted, [Refs]; of persons, recent in date, of Homer, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μάρτυρες.. οἱ μὲν παλαιοὶ οἱ δὲ π. [Refs] the cases of us poor men are served up fresh, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νεαλὴς καὶ π. fresh (because recently imprisoned), [Refs]
3. new, οὐκ ἔστι πᾶν π. ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον [LXX]; οὐκ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ θεὸς π.[LXX+NT+4th c.AD+]
II. adverb -τως newly, lately, π. ἠγγελμένων [LXX+4th c.BC+]; perhaps slaughtered for (the occasion).)