| Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) Anew; again; once more; newly. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AFRESH a-fresh': Only in Hebrews 6:6, "seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh," where it stands for the prefix of the Greek anastaurountas. It has been disputed whether in this word ana has the reiterative force ("again," "anew"). In classical Greek anastauroo has always the simple sense of "to crucify," (ie. "to rinse up on a cross," ana being merely "up"). So some would render it here (eg. Cremer, Lexicon of New Testament Greek). Against this it is argued
(1) that the classical writers had no occasion for the idea of crucifying anew (compare Winer, De verb. Comp., etc., Pt III, 9, Leipzig, 1843);
(2) that in many compounds ana signifies both "up" and "again," as in anablepo, which means "to recover sight" as well as "to look up";
(3) that the rendering "crucify afresh" suits the context;
(4) that the Greek expositors (eg. Chrysostom) take it so without questioning. (So also Bleek, Lunemann, Alford, Westcott; compare the Vulgate's rursum crucifigentes.)
D. Miall Edwards |  | Multi-Version Concordance Afresh (5 Occurrences) Luke 9:4 Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from it start afresh. (WEY) 2 Timothy 1:6 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. (See NAS) Hebrews 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (KJV WEY ASV WBS) Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. (WEB JPS ASV RSV) Ezekiel 8:17 And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose. (DBY) |