STRONGS G2378:
θυσία,
θυσίας,
ἡ (
θύω) (from
Aeschylus down), the
Sept. for
מִנְחָה an offering, and
זֶבַח;
a sacrifice, victim;
a. properly:
Matthew 9:13 and
Matthew 12:7, from
Hosea 6:6;
Mark 9:40 ((
R G L Tr text brackets), see
ἁλίζω);
Ephesians 5:2;
Hebrews 10:5,
28; plural,
Mark 12:33;
Luke 13:1;
Hebrews 9:23; (
Hebrews 10:1,
8 (here
Rec. singular));
ἀνάγειν θυσίαν τίνι,
Acts 7:41;
ἀναφέρειν,
Hebrews 7:27 (see
ἀνάγω, and
ἀναφέρω 2); (
δοῦναι θυσίαν,
Luke 2:24);
προσφέρειν,
Acts 7:42;
Hebrews 5:1;
Hebrews 8:3;
10:(
Hebrews 10:11),
Hebrews 10:12; (
Hebrews 11:4); passive
Hebrews 9:9;
διά τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ, by his sacrifice, i. e. by the sacrifice which he offered (not,
by offering up himself; that would have been expressed by
διά τῆς θυσίας τῆς ἑαυτοῦ, or
διά τῆς ἑαυτοῦ θυσίας),
Hebrews 9:26;
ἐσθίειν τάς θυσίας, to eat the flesh left over from the victims sacrificed (viz. at the sacrificial feasts; cf. (
Leviticus 7:15ff;
Deuteronomy 12:7f,
17f, etc.)
Winer's RWB under the word Opfermahlzeiten),
1 Corinthians 10:18.
b. in expressions involving a comparison:
θυσίαι πνευματικαι (see
πνευματικός, 3 a.),
1 Peter 2:5;
θυσία, a free gift, which is likened to an offered sacrifice,
Philippians 4:18;
Hebrews 13:16 (
τοιαύταις θυσίαις, i. e. with such things as substitutes for sacrifices God is well pleased);
θυσία ζῶσα (see
ζάω, II. b. at the end),
Romans 12:1;
ἀναφέρειν θυσίαν αἰνέσεως,
Hebrews 13:15 (if this meant, as it can mean,
αἴνεσιν ὡς θυσίαν, the author would not have added, as he has, the explanation of the words; he must therefore be supposed to have reproduced the Hebrew phrase
זִבְחֵי־תּודָה, and then defined this more exactly;
Leviticus 7:3 (
Leviticus 7:13) (cf.
Leviticus 7:2 (
Leviticus 7:12));
Psalm 106:22 (
Ps. 107:22); see
αἴνεσις);
ἐπί τῇ θυσία...
τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν (epexegetical genitive), in the work of exciting, nourishing, increasing, your faith, as if in providing a sacrifice to be offered to God (cf.
ἐπί, p. 233b bottom),
Philippians 2:17.
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