Strong's Greek · G2380
θύω
thýō
kill, (do) sacrifice, slay
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)
Derivation
a primary verb;
Appears 14 times in Scripture
“Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!””
“Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’”
“Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.”
“On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?””
“Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’”
“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.”
“No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.”
“Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.”
“Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).