sacrifice

Greek Noun Female

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)

sacrifice

Greek Noun Female

θῠσί-α, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (θύω) properly burnt-offering, sacrifice, mostly in plural, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θυσίας ἔρδειν, ἐπιτελέειν, ἀνάγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. σωτηρίου, αἰνέσεως, τῆς τελειώσεως, [LXX]; of the gods, θυσίαν δέχεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) mode of sacrifice, θ. ἡ αὐτὴ πᾶσι κατέστηκε [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) festival, at which sacrifices were offered, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ θ, title of work by Theognis Hist. 3.b) generally, rite, ceremony, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II) victim, offering, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively); sacrifice; from g2380 (θύω)