θύω
thuō
“to sacrifice”
Definition
properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose)
a primary verb;
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
θύω appears 13 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
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