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Sacrifice
Feature Pages(2)
- FeatureLeviticus — the Study GuideHow a holy God dwells among an unclean people without consuming them — the five offerings, the priesthood, clean and unclean, the Day of Atonement at the hinge, and Leviticus 17:11.
- FeatureOnce for All — the Finished SacrificeEphapax: the standing priests against the seated Son, and what 'perfected for ever' does to a conscience.
Verses(5+)
- VerseHebrews 10:3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
- VerseLeviticus 14:30Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,
- VersePsalms 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
- VersePsalms 4:5Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
- VerseProverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
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Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG2378 θυσία · thysía (Greek)sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)
- WordH2077 זֶבַח · zebach (Hebrew)properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal
- WordH801 אִשָּׁה · ʼishshâh (Hebrew)properly, a burnt-offering
- WordH1685 דְּבַח · dᵉbach (Hebrew)a sacrifice
- WordG2380 θύω · thýō (Greek)properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case)
Concepts(2)
Themes(5+)
- ThemeHolinessHoliness begins as a claim about God before it becomes a summons to His people. The Hebrew *qadosh* carries a double sense — "set apart" and "whole, intact" — and Leviticus…
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
- ThemeMercyMercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
- ThemeObedienceObedience enters the story at the very first command. In Eden, the boundary God sets — one tree, one prohibition — is the whole test of the relationship (Gen 2:17), and the…
Topics(1)
Authors(5+)
- AuthorCommodianCommodian wrote Christian poetry in Latin for people who were never going to read a theologian. Two works survive. The *Instructions* is a set of eighty short poems, each one…
- AuthorMaximus of TurinMaximus was bishop of Turin, a garrison city in the foothills of the Alps on the road from Gaul into Italy. Roughly a hundred of his sermons survive, and they are the reason he…
- AuthorPhileas of ThmuisPhileas was a man of rank before he was a bishop. Eusebius describes him as distinguished by his public services and his standing in his own country, and by his skill in…
- AuthorGaudentius of BresciaGaudentius grew up in the church at Brescia in northern Italy under Bishop Filastrius, the cataloguer of heresies, who taught him and whom he called father. Some time around…
- AuthorAsterius of CappadociaAsterius was a Cappadocian, trained as a sophist — a professional teacher of rhetoric — and a pupil of Lucian of Antioch, the same teacher Arius claimed. He is usually called…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 45:14Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice continually.
- Study resourceSirach 35:7The sacrifice of a just man is acceptable. and the memorial thereof shall never be forgotten.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 1:26Receive the sacrifice for thy whole people Israel, and preserve thine own portion, and sanctify it.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 4:53And offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new altar of burnt offerings, which they had made.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 1:47Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine’s flesh, and unclean beasts:
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G2378θυσία thysía — sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or
figuratively)H2077זֶבַח zebach — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animalH801אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh — properly, a burnt-offeringH1685דְּבַח dᵉbach — a sacrificeG2380θύω thýō — properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e.
(by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case)H2076זָבַח zâbach — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)