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θυσία

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine28 occurrences10 books28 verses

Definition

θυσία, -ας, ἡ

(θύω) [in LXX chiefly for מִנְחָה, זָבַח ;]

1. actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.)

2. Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrifice: Matthew 9:13; 12:7" (LXX), Mark 9:49 (WH, mg.), Ephesians 5:2, Hebrews 10:5, 26; pl. (as usually in cl.), Mark 12:33, Luke 13:1, Hebrews 9:23; 10:1, 8, (θ. καὶ προσφοράς); θ. ἀνάγειν, Acts 7:41; ἀναφέρειν, Hebrews 7:27; προσφέρειν, Acts 7:42, Hebrews 5:1; 8:3 (δῶρά τε καὶ θ.) Hebrews 10:11-12; 11:4; δοῦναι, Luke 2:24; pass., Hebrews 9:9; διὰ τῆς θ. αὐτοῦ, Hebrews 9:26; ἐσθίειν τὰς θ. (Leviticus 7:15 ff) 1 Corinthians 10:18. Metaphorical, Philippians 4:18, Hebrews 13:16; θ. πνευματικαί, 1 Peter 2:5; θ. ζῶσα, Romans 12:1; θ. αἰνέσεως, Hebrews 13:15; θ. . . . τ. πίστεως, Philippians 2:17.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as θυσία:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

28 total
  1. Matthew 9:13θυσίαν · sacrifice
    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  2. Matthew 12:7θυσίαν · sacrifice
    If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
  3. Mark 12:33θυσιῶν · sacrifices
    …and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
  4. Luke 2:24θυσίαν · [the] sacrifice
    …and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
  5. Luke 13:1θυσιῶν · sacrifices
    At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
  6. Acts 7:41θυσίαν · a sacrifice
    At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
  7. Acts 7:42θυσίας · offerings
    But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
  8. Romans 12:1θυσίαν · sacrifices
    Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
  9. 1 Corinthians 10:18θυσίας · sacrifices
    Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
  10. Ephesians 5:2θυσίαν · sacrificial
    …and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  11. Philippians 2:17θυσίᾳ · sacrifice
    But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
  12. Philippians 4:18θυσίαν · sacrifice
    I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
  13. Hebrews 5:1θυσίας · sacrifices
    Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
  14. Hebrews 7:27θυσίας · sacrifices
    Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
  15. Hebrews 8:3θυσίας · sacrifices
    And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
  16. Hebrews 9:9θυσίαι · sacrifices
    It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
  17. Hebrews 9:23θυσίαις · sacrifices
    So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  18. Hebrews 9:26θυσίας · sacrifice
    Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
  19. Hebrews 10:1θυσίαις · sacrifices
    For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
  20. Hebrews 10:5Θυσίαν · Sacrifice
    Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
  21. Hebrews 10:8Θυσίας · Sacrifices
    In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
  22. Hebrews 10:11θυσίας · sacrifices
    Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
  23. Hebrews 10:12θυσίαν · sacrifice
    But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
  24. Hebrews 10:26θυσία · sacrifice
    If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
  25. Hebrews 11:4θυσίαν · sacrifice
    By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
  26. Hebrews 13:15θυσίαν · [a] sacrifice
    Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
  27. Hebrews 13:16θυσίαις · sacrifices
    And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
  28. 1 Peter 2:5θυσίας · sacrifices
    …you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.