Strong's Greek · G2380
G2380 thýō
θύω
thoo'-o
to sacrifice
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thýō appears 14 times in Scripture, including Matthew 22:4 and Mark 14:12. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
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)
In the King James Version
kill, (do) sacrifice, slay
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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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
