Strong G2378θυσία
sacrifice
- Transliteration
- thusia
- Pronunciation
- thoo-see'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2380; sacrifice (the act or the victim literally or figuratively): - sacrifice.
Detailed definition
θυσία, -ας, ἡ
(θύω) [in LXX chiefly for מִנְחָה, זָבַח;]
1. actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.)
2. Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrifice: Mat.9:13 12:7" (LXX), Mrk.9:49 (WH, mg.), Eph.5:2, Heb.10:5, 26; pl. (as usually in cl.), Mrk.12:33, Luk.13:1, Heb.9:23 10:1, 8, (θ. καὶ προσφοράς); θ. ἀνάγειν, Act.7:41; ἀναφέρειν, Heb.7:27; προσφέρειν, Act.7:42, Heb.5:1 8:3 (δῶρά τε καὶ θ.) Heb.10:11-12 11:4; δοῦναι, Luk.2:24; pass., Heb.9:9; διὰ τῆς θ. αὐτοῦ, Heb.9:26; ἐσθίειν τὰς θ. (Lev.7:15 ff) 1Co.10:18. Metaphorical, Php.4:18, Heb.13:16; θ. πνευματικαί, 1Pe.2:5; θ. ζῶσα, Rom.12:1; θ. αἰνέσεως, Heb.13:15; θ.... τ. πίστεως, Php.2:17.†
(AS)
(θύω) [in LXX chiefly for מִנְחָה, זָבַח;]
1. actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.)
2. Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrifice: Mat.9:13 12:7" (LXX), Mrk.9:49 (WH, mg.), Eph.5:2, Heb.10:5, 26; pl. (as usually in cl.), Mrk.12:33, Luk.13:1, Heb.9:23 10:1, 8, (θ. καὶ προσφοράς); θ. ἀνάγειν, Act.7:41; ἀναφέρειν, Heb.7:27; προσφέρειν, Act.7:42, Heb.5:1 8:3 (δῶρά τε καὶ θ.) Heb.10:11-12 11:4; δοῦναι, Luk.2:24; pass., Heb.9:9; διὰ τῆς θ. αὐτοῦ, Heb.9:26; ἐσθίειν τὰς θ. (Lev.7:15 ff) 1Co.10:18. Metaphorical, Php.4:18, Heb.13:16; θ. πνευματικαί, 1Pe.2:5; θ. ζῶσα, Rom.12:1; θ. αἰνέσεως, Heb.13:15; θ.... τ. πίστεως, Php.2:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2378 appears in 29 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sacrifice29
- a2
- with2
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Matthew 12:7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
- Mark 9:49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
- Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- Luke 2:24And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
- Luke 13:1There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
- Acts 7:41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
- Acts 7:42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
- Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
- 1 Corinthians 10:18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
- 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.
- Philippians 2:17Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
- Philippians 4:18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
- Hebrews 5:1For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
- Hebrews 7:27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
- Hebrews 8:3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
- Hebrews 9:9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
- Hebrews 9:23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θῠσί-α,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (θύω) properly burnt-offering, sacrifice, mostly in plural, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 176, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 128.6, etc.; ἐν θυσίησι εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.99; θυσίαισι δέκεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.86, compare “I.” 5(4).30; θυσίῃσι ἱλάσκεσθαι τὸν θεόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50, compare 6.105)]; θυσίας ἔρδειν, ἐπιτελέειν, ἀνάγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.131, 2.63, 60: also in _sing._, θυσίαν ποιεῖσθαι, θύειν, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174c, “R.” 362c; ἄγειν [prev. author] Alcaeus2.148e)]; θ. σωτηρίου, αἰνέσεως, τῆς τελειώσεως, [LXX (LXX.Lev.3.1, 7.2, LXX.Exo.29.34)]; of the gods, θυσίαν δέχεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 701 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 mode of sacrifice, θ. ἡ αὐτὴ πᾶσι κατέστηκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, compare 2.39.)]
3 festival, at which sacrifices were offered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, “Ti.” 26e, +others; θ. καὶ διαγωγαὶ τοῦ συζῆν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b37, compare “EN” 1160a20)]; περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ θ., title of work by Theognis Hist.
3.b generally, rite, ceremony, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.693f, “Thes.” 20.)]
II victim, offering, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.184f, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sacr.” 12.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (θύω) properly burnt-offering, sacrifice, mostly in plural, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 176, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 128.6, etc.; ἐν θυσίησι εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.99; θυσίαισι δέκεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.86, compare “I.” 5(4).30; θυσίῃσι ἱλάσκεσθαι τὸν θεόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50, compare 6.105)]; θυσίας ἔρδειν, ἐπιτελέειν, ἀνάγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.131, 2.63, 60: also in _sing._, θυσίαν ποιεῖσθαι, θύειν, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174c, “R.” 362c; ἄγειν [prev. author] Alcaeus2.148e)]; θ. σωτηρίου, αἰνέσεως, τῆς τελειώσεως, [LXX (LXX.Lev.3.1, 7.2, LXX.Exo.29.34)]; of the gods, θυσίαν δέχεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 701 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 mode of sacrifice, θ. ἡ αὐτὴ πᾶσι κατέστηκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, compare 2.39.)]
3 festival, at which sacrifices were offered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, “Ti.” 26e, +others; θ. καὶ διαγωγαὶ τοῦ συζῆν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b37, compare “EN” 1160a20)]; περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ θ., title of work by Theognis Hist.
3.b generally, rite, ceremony, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.693f, “Thes.” 20.)]
II victim, offering, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.184f, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sacr.” 12.)]