θύω thuō

Greek word for “to sacrifice” · Strong’s G2380 · used 14 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

θύω; as in c1.; 1. to offer first fruits to a god.;

How it is translated

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

• sacrifice 4
• do kill 3
• killed 1
• has killed 1
• have killed 1
• sacrificed 1
• shall kill 1
• sacrificing 1
• has been sacrificed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 15 (3), Acts 14 (2), Matthew 22 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 22 (1), John 10 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 11 (1), 1 Corinthians 5 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1)

Forms

• θῦσον 2
• θύειν 2
• θύουσιν 2
• τεθυμένα 1
• ἔθυον 1
• θύσατε 1
• ἔθυσεν 1
• ἔθυσας 1
• θύεσθαι 1
• θύσῃ 1

Words used with it

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

• σιτευτός siteutos “fattened” 3
• μόσχος moschos “calf” 3
• ἄζυμος azumos “unleavened” 3
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 4
• πάσχα pascha “Passover lamb” 3
• ταῦρος tauros “bull” 2
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 3
• ἑτοιμάζω hetoimazō “to make ready” 2
• φέρω pherō “to bear/lead” 2
• ὅτε hote “when” 2
• ἀνίστημι anistēmi “to arise” 2
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 22:4 — Again, 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…
• Mark 14:12 — And 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…
• Luke 15:23 — And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
• Luke 15:27 — And 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 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
• Luke 22:7 — Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
• John 10:10 — The 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 10:13 — And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
• Acts 14:13 — Then 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 14:18 — And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7 — Purge 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 10:20 — But 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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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.