Strong G2380θύω
to sacrifice
- Transliteration
- thuō
- Pronunciation
- thoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; properly to rush (breathe hard blow 6
smoke) that is (by implication) to sacrifice (properly by fire but generally); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose): - kill (do) sacrifice slay.
smoke) that is (by implication) to sacrifice (properly by fire but generally); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose): - kill (do) sacrifice slay.
Detailed definition
θύω
[in LXX chiefly for זָבַח, also for שָׁחַט, etc.;]
as in c1.;
1. to offer first fruits to a god.
2. to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrifice: Act.14:13; with dative of person(s), Act.14:18; id. with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.10:20.
3. to slay, kill: Jhn.10:10, Act.10:13 11:7; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.15:23, 27 15:30; pass., Mat.22:4; τὸ πάσχα (Exo.12:21), Mrk.14:12; pass., Luk.22:7, 1Co.5:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for זָבַח, also for שָׁחַט, etc.;]
as in c1.;
1. to offer first fruits to a god.
2. to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrifice: Act.14:13; with dative of person(s), Act.14:18; id. with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.10:20.
3. to slay, kill: Jhn.10:10, Act.10:13 11:7; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.15:23, 27 15:30; pass., Mat.22:4; τὸ πάσχα (Exo.12:21), Mrk.14:12; pass., Luk.22:7, 1Co.5:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2380 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kill8
- sacrifice4
- have1
- slay1
First verses
- Matthew 22:4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
- Mark 14:12And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
- Luke 15:23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
- Luke 15:27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
- Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- Luke 22:7Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
- John 10:10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
- Acts 10:13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
- Acts 11:7And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
- Acts 14:13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
- Acts 14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
- 1 Corinthians 10:20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θύω,
Aimperfect ἔθυον, Epic dialect θῦον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.222)], Ionic dialect θύεσκον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 37:)]future θύσω [ῡ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1141, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 909d, 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 5.10)], Doric dialect θυσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.33)]; 3rd.pers. plural θυσέοντι [Refs (“IG” 12(3).452 (from Thera))]: aorist ἔθῡσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.231, etc.)], Epic dialect θῦσα [Refs (14.446)]: perfect τέθῠκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1062, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328c)]:—middle, future θύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 340)] (as passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197))]: aorist ἐθυσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91, etc.)]:—passive, future τῠθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.91, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 4.2:)]aorist ἐτύθην [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.216, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 242, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 155.2)] (participle written θυθέν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 185, compare τὴν βοῦν τὴν θυθεῖσαν “IG” 12(7).241 (Amorgos, 3rd c.BC), etc.))]: perfect τέθῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 341 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1034, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.5 (in middle sense, 5.1.18, “An.” 7.8.21))]: pluperfect ἐτέθῠτο [Refs ([prev. author] “HG” 3.1.23)]. [ῡ in future and aorist, ῠ in perfect active and passive, and aorist passive; ῡ generally in present and imperfect, except in trisyllable cases of participle, θῠοντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.260, θύ?~Xοντες “hymnus ad Apollinem” 491, but θύ?~Xεσκε 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 37)]; ἔθύ?~Xε, θύ?~Xων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).57, 13.69)]; θύ?~Xειν, at the end of a line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1141 (assuming variant, perhaps θύη), “Cyc.” 334, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 792 (spoken by a Megarian))]; θύ?~Xεις, θύ?~Xω, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Strato Comicus 1.19, 20)]; θύ?~Xωντι 3rd.pers. plural present subjunctive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.21.])]
A.I active, offer by burning meat or drink to the gods (τὸ θύειν δωρεῖσθαί ἐστι τοῖς θεοῖς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 14c), θεοῖσι δὲ θῦσαι ἀνώγει Πάτροκλον.., ὁ δ᾽ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.219, compare 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus cited in Scholia (at [prev. work]), “Comica Adespota” 7D. (cited in 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.74 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus))]; ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄρ γματα θῦσε θεοῖς, of a drink-offering, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.446, compare 15.260)]; so ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντες ἐθύσαμεν (i.e. τῶν τυρῶν) made an offering of cheese,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (9.231; θ. ἀκρόθινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).57)]; πέλανον, δεῖπνα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 204, “Eu.” 109)]; πυρούς, ναστούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 565, 567: with _dative_ _of things_, θ. τούτῳ ὅ τι ἔχοι ἕκαστος (with variant{τοῦτο}) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50.)]
A.I.2 sacrifice, slay a victim, [τῷ ἡλίῳ] θ. ἵππους (variant{ἵπποισι})[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 216; ταῦρον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.69; αὑτοῦ παῖδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1417, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 532, etc.; ἱρά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; ἱερεῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, etc.)]; θ. θῦμα, θυσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 290e, “R.” 362c, etc.)]; θ. διαβατήρια, ἐπινίκια, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 173a, etc.:)] —passive, τὰ τεθυμένα the flesh of the victim, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.14, etc.)]; τὰ τεθ. ἱερά[Refs ([prev. work] 3.5.5; τὰ θυόμενα [prev. author] “Lac.” 15.3.)]
A.I.2.b simply, slaughter, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1062, LXX.Isa.22.13.)]
A.I.3 absolutely, offer sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31. +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 594, “fragment” 161.2, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1159)]; τοῖσι θεοῖσι θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, 8.138; θεῶν ἕνεκα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 129.1.)]
A.I.4 celebrate with offerings or sacrifices, σῶστρα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118; γενέθλια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121c; Λύκαια, Ἡράκλεια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.86; ἐλευθέρια 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 5.10; γάμους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 55.)]
A.I.5 with doubleaccusative, εὐαγγέλια θ. ἑκατὸν βοῦς sacrifice a hundred oxen for the good news, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 656.)]
A.I.6 Ἑστίᾳ θύειν, proverbial of niggards, because sacrifices to Hestia admitted no one to share the offering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 28.)]
A.II middle, cause a victim to be offered, τῶν θυμάτων ὧν δεῖ θύεσθαι καὶ παρίστασθαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.65 (Andania, 1st c.BC))], etc.: hence frequently absolutely, consult the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.189, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 340)]; ἐπὶ Κρότωνα, ἐπὶ τῷ Πέρσῃ, i.e. on marching against.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.44, 9.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.21; θύεσθαι ἐπ᾽ ἐξόδῳ [prev. work] 6.4.9; ὑπὲρ τῆς μονῆς [prev. work] 5.6.27: with)]infinitive, θ. ἰέναι offer sacrifice [to learn] whether to go or not, [Refs ([prev. work] 2.2.3; also ἐθυόμην εἰ βέλτιον εἴη [prev. work] 6.1.31 (so in)]active, ἔθυε (variant{ἐθύετο}) τῷ Διί.. πότερά οἱ λῷον καὶ ἄμεινον εἴη.. [Refs ([prev. work] 7.6.44))]; διαβατήρια θύεσθαι, as in active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.54.)]
A.II.2 metaphorically, tear in pieces, of wild beasts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 137 (Lyric poetry). (Hence θυμός)], cf. Sanskritdhūmás, Latin fumus 'smoke', θυμιάω, θύος, θυήλημα, τύφω, perhaps θεῖον (A), Latin suffire; compare {θύω})
Aimperfect ἔθυον, Epic dialect θῦον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.222)], Ionic dialect θύεσκον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 37:)]future θύσω [ῡ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1141, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 909d, 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 5.10)], Doric dialect θυσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.33)]; 3rd.pers. plural θυσέοντι [Refs (“IG” 12(3).452 (from Thera))]: aorist ἔθῡσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.231, etc.)], Epic dialect θῦσα [Refs (14.446)]: perfect τέθῠκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1062, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328c)]:—middle, future θύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 340)] (as passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197))]: aorist ἐθυσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91, etc.)]:—passive, future τῠθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.91, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 4.2:)]aorist ἐτύθην [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.216, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 242, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 155.2)] (participle written θυθέν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 185, compare τὴν βοῦν τὴν θυθεῖσαν “IG” 12(7).241 (Amorgos, 3rd c.BC), etc.))]: perfect τέθῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 341 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1034, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.5 (in middle sense, 5.1.18, “An.” 7.8.21))]: pluperfect ἐτέθῠτο [Refs ([prev. author] “HG” 3.1.23)]. [ῡ in future and aorist, ῠ in perfect active and passive, and aorist passive; ῡ generally in present and imperfect, except in trisyllable cases of participle, θῠοντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.260, θύ?~Xοντες “hymnus ad Apollinem” 491, but θύ?~Xεσκε 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 37)]; ἔθύ?~Xε, θύ?~Xων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).57, 13.69)]; θύ?~Xειν, at the end of a line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1141 (assuming variant, perhaps θύη), “Cyc.” 334, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 792 (spoken by a Megarian))]; θύ?~Xεις, θύ?~Xω, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Strato Comicus 1.19, 20)]; θύ?~Xωντι 3rd.pers. plural present subjunctive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.21.])]
A.I active, offer by burning meat or drink to the gods (τὸ θύειν δωρεῖσθαί ἐστι τοῖς θεοῖς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 14c), θεοῖσι δὲ θῦσαι ἀνώγει Πάτροκλον.., ὁ δ᾽ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.219, compare 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus cited in Scholia (at [prev. work]), “Comica Adespota” 7D. (cited in 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.74 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus))]; ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄρ γματα θῦσε θεοῖς, of a drink-offering, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.446, compare 15.260)]; so ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντες ἐθύσαμεν (i.e. τῶν τυρῶν) made an offering of cheese,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (9.231; θ. ἀκρόθινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).57)]; πέλανον, δεῖπνα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 204, “Eu.” 109)]; πυρούς, ναστούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 565, 567: with _dative_ _of things_, θ. τούτῳ ὅ τι ἔχοι ἕκαστος (with variant{τοῦτο}) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50.)]
A.I.2 sacrifice, slay a victim, [τῷ ἡλίῳ] θ. ἵππους (variant{ἵπποισι})[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 216; ταῦρον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.69; αὑτοῦ παῖδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1417, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 532, etc.; ἱρά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; ἱερεῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, etc.)]; θ. θῦμα, θυσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 290e, “R.” 362c, etc.)]; θ. διαβατήρια, ἐπινίκια, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 173a, etc.:)] —passive, τὰ τεθυμένα the flesh of the victim, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.14, etc.)]; τὰ τεθ. ἱερά[Refs ([prev. work] 3.5.5; τὰ θυόμενα [prev. author] “Lac.” 15.3.)]
A.I.2.b simply, slaughter, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1062, LXX.Isa.22.13.)]
A.I.3 absolutely, offer sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31. +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 594, “fragment” 161.2, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1159)]; τοῖσι θεοῖσι θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, 8.138; θεῶν ἕνεκα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 129.1.)]
A.I.4 celebrate with offerings or sacrifices, σῶστρα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118; γενέθλια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121c; Λύκαια, Ἡράκλεια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.86; ἐλευθέρια 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 5.10; γάμους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 55.)]
A.I.5 with doubleaccusative, εὐαγγέλια θ. ἑκατὸν βοῦς sacrifice a hundred oxen for the good news, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 656.)]
A.I.6 Ἑστίᾳ θύειν, proverbial of niggards, because sacrifices to Hestia admitted no one to share the offering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 28.)]
A.II middle, cause a victim to be offered, τῶν θυμάτων ὧν δεῖ θύεσθαι καὶ παρίστασθαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.65 (Andania, 1st c.BC))], etc.: hence frequently absolutely, consult the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.189, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 340)]; ἐπὶ Κρότωνα, ἐπὶ τῷ Πέρσῃ, i.e. on marching against.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.44, 9.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.21; θύεσθαι ἐπ᾽ ἐξόδῳ [prev. work] 6.4.9; ὑπὲρ τῆς μονῆς [prev. work] 5.6.27: with)]infinitive, θ. ἰέναι offer sacrifice [to learn] whether to go or not, [Refs ([prev. work] 2.2.3; also ἐθυόμην εἰ βέλτιον εἴη [prev. work] 6.1.31 (so in)]active, ἔθυε (variant{ἐθύετο}) τῷ Διί.. πότερά οἱ λῷον καὶ ἄμεινον εἴη.. [Refs ([prev. work] 7.6.44))]; διαβατήρια θύεσθαι, as in active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.54.)]
A.II.2 metaphorically, tear in pieces, of wild beasts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 137 (Lyric poetry). (Hence θυμός)], cf. Sanskritdhūmás, Latin fumus 'smoke', θυμιάω, θύος, θυήλημα, τύφω, perhaps θεῖον (A), Latin suffire; compare {θύω})