What does δῶρον · θυσία mean in the Bible?
δῶρον · θυσία is a Greek phrase meaning "offerings and sacrifices presented to God".
Greek · G1435, G2378
δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας
A present; specially, a sacrifice · sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)
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δῶρον G1435 a present; specially, a sacrifice
Pronunciation dōron
A gift to God, particularly a sacrifice or offering within the temple worship system.
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θυσία G2378 sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation thysía
The act of offering or the victim offered; encompasses both literal Temple sacrifices and metaphorical spiritual offerings.
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What does δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας (dōra te kai thysias) mean in the Bible?
δῶρον · θυσία is a Greek phrase meaning "offerings and sacrifices presented to God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1435, G2378?
G1435, G2378 is connected to 19 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. offerings and sacrifices presented to God
Source Gloss
offerings and sacrifices presented to God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 19 Case pattern Accusative (12) Number pattern Singular (10)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 15:5 · Matt 23:19 · Mark 7:11 · Eph 2:8 4×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Heb 9:9 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:18 1×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Heb 11:4 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 2:11 · Luke 21:1 · Luke 21:4 · Heb 5:1 · Heb 8:3 · Heb 8:4 · Rev 11:10 7×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:23 · Matt 5:24 · Matt 8:4 · Matt 23:19 5×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain