Offering
προσφοράStrong’s G4376prosphora
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Prosphora is the Greek word usually translated “offering”, “offerings” and “sacrifice”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “offering”, “offerings” and “sacrifice”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- offering 4
- offerings 2
- an offering 2
- sacrifice 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 5
- Acts 2
- Romans 1
- Ephesians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 24:17Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
- Romans 15:16That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
- Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- Hebrews 10:5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
- Hebrews 10:8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
- Hebrews 10:10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Greek dictionary
προσφορά prosphora · offering
προσ-φορά, -ᾶς, ἡ (προσφέρω), [in LXX: 3Ki.7:48 (פָּנִים) Psa.40:6 (מִנְחָה), I Est.5:52, Sir.14:11, al. ;] 1. a bringing to, offering (Plat., al.). 2. (Less frequently in cl.), a present, an offering; in NT, of sacrificial offerings: Act.21:26 24:17, Eph.5:2, Heb.10:5, 8 10:14; περί ἀμαρτίας, Heb.10:18; with genitive obj., Rom.15:16, Heb.10:10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “offering” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OF'FERING, participle present
tense Presenting; proposing; sacrificing; bidding; presenting to the eye or mind.
All definitions and other forms of “offering”
OF'FERING, noun
That which is presented in divine service; an animal or a portion of bread or corn, or of gold and silver, or other valuable articles, presented to God as an atonement for sin, or as a return of thanks for his favors, or for other religious purpose; a sacrifice; an oblation. In the Mosaic economy, there were burnt-offerings, sin-offerings, peace-offerings, trespass-offerings, thank-offerings, wave-offerings, and wood-offerings. Pagan nations also present offerings to their deities. Christ by the offering of himself has superseded the use of all other offerings, having made atonement for all men.
- “When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed -” Isaiah 53:10
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.