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θυσία

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θυσία, -ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
thusia
Simplified transliteration: 
thusia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2378
GK Number: 
2602
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
28
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
sacrifice, offering
Definition: 
sacrifice, the act of sacrificing, Heb. 9:26; the thing sacrificed, a victim, Mt. 9:13; 12:7; the flesh of victims eaten by the sacrificers, 1 Cor. 10:18; in NT an offering or service to God, Phil. 4:18

Greek-English Concordance for θυσία

Matthew 9:13 Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) For I did not come to call the pious, but sinners, to repentance.”
Matthew 12:7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Mark 12:33 And ‘to love him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’ is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” (thusiōn | θυσιῶν | gen pl fem)
Luke 2:24 and to offer a sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
Luke 13:1 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices (thusiōn | θυσιῶν | gen pl fem).
Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) to the idol and began rejoicing in the works of their hands.
Acts 7:42 But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices (thusias | θυσίας | acc pl fem) forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Romans 12:1 I appeal you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem), holy and acceptable to God — this is a reasonable act of worship for you.
1 Corinthians 10:18 Consider Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices (thusias | θυσίας | acc pl fem) sharers in the altar?
Ephesians 5:2 and live in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) to God.
Philippians 2:17 But even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice (thusia | θυσίᾳ | dat sg fem) and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
Philippians 4:18 I have received all I need and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gift you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) acceptable and pleasing to God.
Hebrews 5:1 For every high priest, being chosen from among men, is appointed on behalf of men to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices (thusias | θυσίας | acc pl fem) for sins.
Hebrews 7:27 He has no need to offer up daily sacrifices (thusias | θυσίας | acc pl fem), like those other high priests, first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, for this he did once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 8:3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices (thusias | θυσίας | acc pl fem); so it was necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer.
Hebrews 9:9 This is an illustration pointing to the present time, during which the gifts and sacrifices (thusiai | θυσίαι | nom pl fem) being offered cannot perfect the worshiper so far as his conscience is concerned,
Hebrews 9:23 Thus it was necessary that earthly copies of the heavenly realities be purified by these rites, but the heavenly realities themselves with better sacrifices (thusiais | θυσίαις | dat pl fem) than these.
Hebrews 9:26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the climax of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice (thusias | θυσίας | gen sg fem).
Hebrews 10:1 For since the law is but a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of those realities, it can never perfect those who draw near by the same sacrifices (thusiais | θυσίαις | dat pl fem) which they offer continuously year after year.
Hebrews 10:5 Therefore when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.
Hebrews 10:8 After he said what I just quoted, “You did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings (namely those offered according to the law),
Hebrews 10:11 Furthermore, every priest stands day after day performing his religious duties, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices (thusias | θυσίας | acc pl fem), which can never take away sins.
Hebrews 10:12 But when this priest had offered a single sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,
Hebrews 10:26 For if we deliberately persist in sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice (thusia | θυσία | nom sg fem) for sins,
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) than Cain, through which faith he was attested as righteous, God himself showing his approval by accepting his gifts. And though he died, he still speaks through his faith.
Hebrews 13:15 Through him, therefore, let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice (thusian | θυσίαν | acc sg fem) of praise, that is to say, the fruit of lips acknowledging his name.
Hebrews 13:16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing with others, for with sacrifices (thusiais | θυσίαις | dat pl fem) like that God is pleased.
1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices (thusias | θυσίας | acc pl fem) acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.