To sacrifice
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G2380 can mean to sacrifice, slaughter, or kill, depending on context. In its New Testament settings, the word is used with the range and pressure described by its local passages rather than by a bare gloss alone.
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G2380 can mean to sacrifice, slaughter, or kill, depending on context. In its New Testament settings, the word is used with the range and pressure described by its local passages rather than by a bare gloss alone.
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include kill (3), [and] kill [it] (1), are offered (1), be sacrificed (1), has been sacrificed (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 22:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), Luke (4), 1 Corinthians (3), John (1).
G2380 can mean to sacrifice, slaughter, or kill, depending on context. In its New Testament settings, the word is used with the range and pressure described by its local passages rather than by a bare gloss alone. It appears in Passover contexts, pagan sacrifice scenes, ordinary killing imagery, and Paul\'s declaration that Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.
This companion therefore treats the word as a Scripture-governed guide, not as a shortcut around exegesis. It helps teachers connect sacrifice, fulfillment, redemption, and holiness without implying believers add to Christ\'s sacrifice. It should help readers ask better questions of the passage: who is speaking or acting, what covenant or gospel reality is in view, and how the surrounding context limits or strengthens the claim.
The word can refer to more than biblical sacrifice, so context must govern interpretation.
G2380 ranges from slaughter to sacrificial offering. In 1 Corinthians 5:7 it becomes explicitly christological.
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, grounding the call to remove old leaven.
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
The Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, framing Jesus\' final meal and death.
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
The priest of Zeus wants to offer sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas, showing the word can describe idolatrous sacrifice.
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
Pagan sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God.
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Greek word. Sacrificial slaying: killing an animal victim to offer to deity, not mere bloodless offering.
Sacrificial slaying: killing an animal victim to offer to deity, not mere bloodless offering.
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Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
14 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
How this verb appears across 12 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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θύω is a primary verb - no further derivation.
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Teach G2380 by distinguishing sacrifice from generic religious seriousness. A faithful teacher should begin with the nearest passage, observe who acts, what is being named, what problem or promise is in view, and what response the text calls for, then move carefully to related passages. It shows that Christ\'s Passover sacrifice is complete and that cleansed living fits the redeemed people.
The entry should help readers read Scripture more carefully, not replace the work of tracing the sentence, paragraph, book, and covenant setting. This keeps the word useful for shepherds, teachers, leaders, groups, families, and disciples without letting the word carry claims that belong to the whole passage or canon.
1Cor.5.7
The verb can mean sacrifice or slaughter. Context and object carry the theological force.
Passover and sacrificial worship provide background for Paul\'s statement about Christ our Passover.
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