Greek verb · G2380
θύω
thyothoo'-o
to offer first fruits to a god.; to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrifice; to slay, kill
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thýō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2380is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 12spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2380
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)
The King James renders it: kill, (do) sacrifice, slay.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
thyo is rendered "to offer first fruits to a god.; to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrifice; to slay, kill". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to offer first fruits to a god.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 22:4Again, 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 Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
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.’
Matthew 22:4τεθυμένα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to offer first fruits to a god., and to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrifice, and to slay, kill.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to offer first fruits to a god. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 22:4Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared… |
| to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrificeAct.14:13; with dative of person(s), Act.14:18; id. with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.10:20. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 14:13The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city… |
| to slay, killJhn.10:10, Act.10:13 11:7; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.15:23, 27 15:30; pass., Mat.22:4; τὸ πάσχα (Exo.12:21), Mrk.14:12; pass.,... | Tagged as
| WhereExodus 12:21Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θύουσιν2
- θῦσον2
- ἔθυον1
- ἔθυσας1
- ἔθυσεν1
- ἐτύθη1
- θύειν1
- θύειν.¶1
- θύεσθαι1
- θύσατε1
- θύσῃ1
- τεθυμένα1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular2V-AAM-2S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1V-RPP-NPN
Matthew
one use
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.’
- τεθυμέναtethumenaverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: killed
Mark
one use
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?”
- ἔθυονethuonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were to sacrifice
Luke
four uses
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
- θύσατεthusateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do kill
‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
- ἔθυσενethusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has killed
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
- ἔθυσαςethusasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have killed
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
- θύεσθαιthuesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be sacrificed
John
one use
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.
- θύσῃthuseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall kill
Acts
four uses
Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
- θῦσονthusonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do kill
Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
- θῦσονthusonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do kill
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
- θύειν.¶thueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sacrifice
Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
- θύεινthueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: sacrificing
1 Corinthians
three uses
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.
- ἐτύθηetutheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been sacrificed
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
- θύουσινthuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they sacrifice
- θύουσινthuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they sacrifice
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.