noun · feminine
prosforas
Strong’sG4376
an offering, sacrifice
stem prosfor-9 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
προσ-φορά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< προσφέρω), [in LXX: III Ki 7:48 (פָּנִים) Ps 39 (40):6 (מִנְחָה), I Es 5:52, Si 14:11, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4376 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpros-for-ah'
presentation; concretely, an oblation (bloodless) or sacrifice
Fromfrom G4374;
King Jamesoffering (up).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(προσφέρω) bringing to, applying, τῶν κλιμάκων Refs 2nd c.BC+; application, use, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 presenting, offering, Refs; οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. shewbread, LXX
II (from passive) that which is added, increase, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων ἄκη μέν ἐστι π. δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἔτι Refs 5th c.BC+; bounty, benefit, Refs; wedding present, Refs 4th c.BC+; offering, LXX+NT+1st c.AD+; offerings for the dead, Refs 6th c.AD+; deed of gift, especially of donatio propter nuptias, Mitteis Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 income, revenue, Refs 5th c.BC+
III (from middle) taking of food, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ τοῦ ὑγροῦ π. Refs 4th c.BC+
III.2 food, victuals, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 flavour, Refs 4th c.BC+; bouquet, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | prosforas3×προσφορὰ | prosforais |
| object accusative | prosforan2×προσφορὰν | prosforain2×προσφοράς |
| direct address vocative | prosforar | prosforair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prosforau1×προσφορᾶς | prosforaiu |
| to, for dative | prosfora1×προσφορᾷ | prosforai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
prosfora is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
prosforas“offering”subjectnominative singular3×
Acts 21:26… prosferita huper henou hekastou autoiu tas prosforas.… purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of …
Romans 15:16… euangeliem tou theou, hina geneteia tas prosforas teiu ethneiu euprosdektas, hagiazorēntas en pneume …… that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the …
Hebrews 10:18hopou de afesias houtaiu, ouketi prosforas peri hamartau.… where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
prosforan“offering”objectaccusative singular2×
Ephesians 5:2… nin kai paradōata heauton huper nu prosforan kai thusian to theo eis osman …… for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Hebrews 10:5… eis ton kosmon legatō; Thusian kai prosforan ouk thelasa, sōmem de katartizesa mi;… the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a …
prosforau“offering”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 10:10“offering”… he thelēme hagiazorēntois anō dia tau prosforau teu sōmeu Iēsu Christou efapax.And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
prosfora“offering”to, fordative singular1×
Hebrews 10:14hena gar prosfora teleiatē eis tem diēnekem toin hagiazorōntoin.because by a single offering He has made perfect for all …
prosforain“offerings”objectaccusative plural2×
Acts 24:17… eis tem ethnem mu paragenema kai prosforain,… to my people and to present offerings.
Hebrews 10:8anōterem legarōntos hoti Thusiain kai prosforain kai holokautōmeim kai peri hamartau ouk …… passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You …