Strong's G2380 · Greek

θύω

thuo · thoo'-o

a primary verb; 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)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

θύω (G2380)

14 θύω , [in LXX chiefly for זבח , also for שׁחט , etc.;] as in cl.; to offer first fruits to a god. to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrifice : Ac 14:13 ; c. dat. pers., Ac 14:18 ; id. c. acc. rei, I Co 10:20 . to slay , kill : Jo 10:10 , Ac 10:13 11:7 ; c. acc. rei, Lk 15:23 , 27 , 30 ; pass., Mt 22:4 ; τὸ πάσχα ( Ex 12:21 ), Mk 14:12 ; pass., Lk 22:7 , I Co 5:7 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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