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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