Greek · G2378 · unreviewed

θυσία

Sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)

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θυσία G2378

Pronunciation thysía

What does θυσία (thysía) mean in the Bible?

θυσία (thysía) is a Greek word meaning "sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)". θυσία, -ας, ἡ (θύω) [in LXX chiefly for מִנְחָה, זָבַח ;] __1.

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Meaning

sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)

Extended definition

The act of offering or the victim offered; encompasses both literal Temple sacrifices and metaphorical spiritual offerings.

(θύω) [in LXX chiefly for מִנְחָה, זָבַח ;]

1actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.)

2Objectively, 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.

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Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Heb 9:9 1×

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 10:26 1×

Genitive · Plural · Feminine Mark 12:33 · Luke 13:1 2×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 9:26 1×

Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 9:23 · Heb 10:1 · Heb 13:16 3×

Dative · Singular · Feminine Phil 2:17 1×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:13 · Matt 12:7 · Luke 2:24 · Acts 7:41 · Rom 12:1 · Eph 5:2 · Phil 4:18 · Heb 10:5 · Heb 10:12 · Heb 11:4 · Heb 13:15 11×

Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 7:42 · 1 Cor 10:18 · Heb 5:1 · Heb 7:27 · Heb 8:3 · Heb 10:8 · Heb 10:11 · 1 Pet 2:5 8×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Ephesians 5:1-2 offering thysía Accusative · Singular · Feminine

Christ's self-sacrifice as a fragrant offering to God, metaphorical spiritual sacrifice

Luke 13:1-9 sacrifices thysía Genitive · Plural · Feminine

literal animal sacrifices offered at the temple in Jewish religious practice

Proverbs 21:3 sacrifice thysía

ritual sacrifice contrasted with justice and righteousness as more acceptable to God

Proverbs 15:8 sacrifice thysía

material offering distinguished from prayer and righteous conduct in divine acceptance

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest Philippians 4 — Rejoicing, Peace, Contentment, and Gospel Partnership in Christ Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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