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θυσίαν δεκτήν

Sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively) · approved; (figuratively) propitious

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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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δεκτός G1184 approved; (figuratively) propitious
Pronunciation dektós
Acceptable to God—emphasizing divine approval and reception rather than mere acceptability to humans
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What does θυσίαν δεκτήν (thysian dektēn) mean in the Bible?

θυσία · δεκτός is a Greek word meaning "acceptable sacrifice".

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Meaning

acceptable sacrifice
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Heb 9:9 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 10:26 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Mark 12:33 · Luke 13:1 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 9:26 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 9:23 · Heb 10:1 · Heb 13:16 3×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Phil 2:17 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:13 · Matt 12:7 · Luke 2:24 · Acts 7:41 · Rom 12:1 · Eph 5:2 · Phil 4:18 · Heb 10:5 · Heb 10:12 · Heb 11:4 · Heb 13:15 11×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 7:42 · 1 Cor 10:18 · Heb 5:1 · Heb 7:27 · Heb 8:3 · Heb 10:8 · Heb 10:11 · 1 Pet 2:5 8×
28 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 10 — God Opens the Gospel Door to the Gentiles Luke 4 — The Spirit-Anointed Son Tested, Rejected, and Proclaiming the Kingdom Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest Philippians 4 — Rejoicing, Peace, Contentment, and Gospel Partnership in Christ Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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