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Lexicon :: Strong's G4374 - prospherō

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προσφέρω
Transliteration
prospherō (Key)
Pronunciation
pros-fer'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From πρός (G4314) and φέρω (G5342) (including its alternate)
mGNT
47x in 27 unique form(s) TR
48x in 27 unique form(s) LXX
133x in 37 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:65,1252

Strong’s Definitions

προσφέρω prosphérō, pros-fer'-o; from G4314 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear towards, i.e. lead to, tender (especially to God), treat:—bring (to, unto), deal with, do, offer (unto, up), present unto, put to.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's G4374 in the following manner: offer (22x), bring unto (10x), bring to (4x), bring (3x), offer up (3x), offer unto (1x), offer to (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's G4374 in the following manner: offer (22x), bring unto (10x), bring to (4x), bring (3x), offer up (3x), offer unto (1x), offer to (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to bring to, lead to

    1. one to a person who can heal him or is ready to show him some kindness, one to a person who is to judge him

    2. to bring a present or a thing, to reach or hand a thing to one

    3. to put to

  2. to be borne towards one, to attack, assail

    1. to behave one's self towards one, deal with one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προσφέρω prosphérō, pros-fer'-o; from G4314 and G5342 (including its alternate); to bear towards, i.e. lead to, tender (especially to God), treat:—bring (to, unto), deal with, do, offer (unto, up), present unto, put to.
STRONGS G4374:
προσφέρω; imperfect προσέφερον; 1 aorist προσήνεγκα; 2 aorist προσηνεγκον; perfect προσενήνοχα (Hebrews 11:17); passive, present προσφέρομαι; 1 aorist προσηνεχθην; (see references under the word φέρω); from (Pindar), Aeschylus, and Herodotus down; the Sept. often for הִקְרִיב, also for הֵבִיא, הִגִּישׁ, etc., sometimes also for הֶעֱלָה where offering sacrifices is spoken of (as 1 Kings 18:36 Complutensian; 2 Chronicles 29:7; Jeremiah 14:12);
1. to bring to, lead to: τινα τίνι, one to a person who can heal him or is ready to show him some other kindness, Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:16; Matthew 9:2, 32; Matthew 14:35; Matthew 17:16; Mark 2:4 (namely, τινα) T WH Tr marginal reading; 10:13; Luke 18:15; passive, in Matthew 12:22 (where L WH text act.); Matt. 18:24 R G T; Matt. 19:13; — one to a person who is to judge him: Luke 23:14; τινα ἐπί τάς συναγωγάς καί τάς ἀρχάς, Luke 12:11 (Winers Grammar, § 52, 3) (where T Tr text WH εἰσφέρωσιν). προσφέρω τί, to bring br present a thing, Matthew 25:20; τί τίνι, to reach or hand a thing to one, Matthew 22:19; Luke 23:36 (here A. V. offering); τί τῷ στόματι τίνος, to put to, John 19:29; a thing to one that he may accept it, to offer: χρήματα, Acts 8:18; δῶρα, Matthew 2:11; used, as often in the Sept., of persons offering sacrifices, gifts, prayers to God (cf. Kurtz, Brief a. d. Hebrew, p. 154ff): τῷ Θεῷ σφάγια καί θυσίας, Acts 7:42; θυσίαν, Hebrews 11:4; λατρείαν, John 16:2; προσφέρειν δῶρον or δῶρα namely, τῷ Θεῷ, Matthew 5:23, 24; Matthew 8:4; Hebrews 8:3, 4; Hebrews 9:9; θυσίαν, Hebrews 10:12; plural, Hebrews 10:1, 11; (passive, Hebrews 10:2; θυσίας (R G θυσίαν) καί προσφοράς (R G προσφοράν) καί ὁλοκαυτώματα καί περί ἁμαρτίας, ibid. 8); δῶρα τέ καί θυσίας ὑπέρ ἁμαρτιῶν, to expiate (see ὑπέρ, I. 4) sins, Hebrews 5:1; αἷμα ὑπέρ ἑαυτοῦ καί τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων, Hebrews 9:7; τήν προσφοράν ὑπέρ ἑνός ἑκάστου, passive, Acts 21:26; προσφέρειν used absolutely (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)): περί τίνος, on account of (see περί, the passage cited β.), Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; περί τοῦ λαοῦ περί (R G ὑπέρ (see περί, the passage cited δ.)) ἁμαρτιῶν, to offer expiatory sacrifices for the people, Hebrews 5:3; τινα, namely, τῷ Θεῷ, to offer up, i. e. immolate, one, Hebrews 11:17; ἑαυτόν, of Christ, Hebrews 7:27 T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; Hebrews 9:(14),25; προσενεχθείς (the passive pointing to the fact that what he suffered was due to God's will) ibid. 28 (it is hardly to be found in native Greek writings used of offering sacrifices; but in Josephus, Antiquities 3, 9, 3, we have ἄρνα καί ἔριφον); πρός τινα (God) δέησις τέ καί ἱκετηρίας, Hebrews 5:7 (προσφέρειν δέησιν, Achilles Tatius 7, 1; τῷ Θεῷ εὐχήν, Josephus, b. j. 3, 8, 3).
2. The passive with the dative signifies to be borne toward one, to attack, assail; then figuratively, to behave oneself toward one, deal with one: ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφέρεται ὁ Θεός, Hebrews 12:7 (very often so in Attic writings from Thucydides and Xenophon down; Philo de Josepho § 10; de ebrietate § 16; Josephus, b. j. 7, 8, 1; Aelian v. h. 12, 27; Herodian, 1, 13, 14 (7 edition, Bekker)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
18:36
2 Chronicles
29:7
Jeremiah
14:12
Matthew
2:11; 4:24; 5:23; 5:24; 8:4; 8:16; 9:2; 9:32; 12:22; 14:35; 17:16; 18:24; 19:13; 22:19; 25:20
Mark
1:44; 2:4
Luke
5:14; 12:11; 18:15; 23:14; 23:36
John
16:2; 19:29
Acts
7:42; 8:18; 21:26
Hebrews
5:1; 5:3; 5:7; 7:27; 8:3; 8:4; 9; 9:7; 9:9; 10:1; 10:2; 10:11; 10:12; 11:4; 11:17; 11:17; 12:7

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Strong's Number G4374 matches the Greek προσφέρω (prospherō),
which occurs 48 times in 45 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:11 - and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 - and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:23 - 'If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:4 - And Jesus saith to him, 'See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:16 - And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:2 - and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, 'Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:32 - And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man dumb, a demoniac,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:22 - Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:35 - and having recognized him, the men of that place sent forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him all who were ill,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:16 - and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:24 - and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:13 - Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:19 - show me the tribute-coin?' and they brought to him a denary;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:20 - and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, 'Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:44 - and saith to him, 'See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:13 - And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:14 - And he charged him to tell no one, 'But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - 'And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:15 - And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:14 - said unto them, 'Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:36 - And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:29 - a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put it around a hyssop stalk, did put it to his mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 - And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:26 - Then Paul, having taken the men, on the following day, with them having purified himself, was entering into the temple, announcing the fulfilment of the days of the purification, till the offering was offered for each one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:1 - For every chief priest -- out of men taken -- in behalf of men is set in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3 - and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7 - who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:3 - for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence it is necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:4 - for if, indeed, he were upon earth, he would not be a priest -- (there being the priests who are offering according to the law, the gifts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:7 - and into the second, once in the year, only the chief priest, not apart from blood, which he doth offer for himself and the errors of the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - which is a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14 - how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:25 - nor that he may many times offer himself, even as the chief priest doth enter into the holy places every year with blood of others;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:28 - so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him -- to salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:1 - For the law having a shadow of the coming good things -- not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:2 - since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:8 - saying above -- 'Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:11 - and every priest, indeed, hath stood daily serving, and the same sacrifices many times offering, that are never able to take away sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:12 - And He, for sin one sacrifice having offered -- to the end, did sit down on the right hand of God, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:4 - by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:17 - By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:7 - if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?
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