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

Acts 10:13

Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

Acts 11:7

Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

Luke 22:7

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

Mark 14:12

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?”

Matthew 22:4

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.’

John 10:10

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.

1 Corinthians 10:20

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

1 Corinthians 5:7

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.

Acts 14:18

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).

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