θυσία thusia

Greek word for “sacrifice” · Strong’s G2378 · used 28 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

θυσία, -ας, ἡ; (θύω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for thusia in context, with how often each is used:

• sacrifices 14
• sacrifice 12
• sacrifice;’ 1
• sacrifice,’ 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Hebrews 10 (6), Hebrews 9 (3), Acts 7 (2), Hebrews 13 (2), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 2 (1), Luke 13 (1), Romans 12 (1)

Forms

• θυσίαν 11
• θυσίας 9
• θυσίαις 3
• θυσιῶν 2
• θυσίᾳ 1
• θυσίαι 1
• θυσία 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thusia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• προσφέρω prospherō “to bring to” 9
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 7
• δῶρον dōron “gift” 4
• κατά kata “according to” 7
• προσφορά prosphora “offering” 3
• ἀναφέρω anapherō “to carry up” 3
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 4
• ὁλοκαύτωμα holokautōma “burnt offering” 2
• εὐωδία euōdia “aroma” 2
• διηνεκής diēnekēs “perpetual” 2
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 4
• ὀσμή osmē “aroma” 2

Key verses

The verses using thusia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:13 — But 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.
• Romans 12:1 — I 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…
• Ephesians 5:2 — And 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 2:17 — Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
• Philippians 4:18 — But 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,…
• Hebrews 7:27 — Who 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…
• Hebrews 9:26 — For 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…
• Hebrews 10:5 — Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
• Hebrews 10:26 — For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
• Hebrews 13:15 — By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
• Hebrews 13:16 — But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• 1 Peter 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.