thyō · kill, sacrifice

What it means

thyō (θύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “kill, sacrifice”.

Sacrifice; also slaughter, kill.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To slaughter an animal to offer it to God or to a god.
2. To slaughter an animal for a banquet, or to take life.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• slaughter ×4
• they sacrifice ×2
• be sacrificed ×1
• has been sacrificed ×1
• has slaughtered ×1
• have been slaughtered ×1
• offer sacrifice ×1
• offering sacrifice ×1
• they sacrificed ×1
• you slaughtered ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×4
• John×1
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×3

• Matthew 22:4

  Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner, my bulls and the fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’

• Mark 14:12

  And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples say to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

• Luke 15:23

  and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let us eat and celebrate,

• Luke 15:27

  And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’

• Luke 15:30

  but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’

• Luke 22:7

  And the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

• John 10:10

  The thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy. I came so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

• Acts 10:13

  And there came a voice to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat.”

• Acts 11:7

  And I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat.’

• Acts 14:13

  And the priest of Zeus whose temple was in front of the city, having brought bulls and garlands to the gates, wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

• Acts 14:18

  And saying these things, they barely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

• 1 Corinthians 5:7

  Clean out the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed: the Messiah.

• 1 Corinthians 10:20

  Rather, I say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers with demons.

And 1 more times.