Greek words for sacrifice include θυσία and θυσιάζω. 2. a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity.
Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing. 3. a symbolic offering of something to a deity. 2378 thysía – properly, an offering (sacrifice); an official sacrifice prescribed by God; hence an offering the Lord accepts because offered on His terms. ( ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs) n. 1. a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil. sacrifice. Find more Greek words at wordhippo.com! sacrifice (third-person singular simple present sacrifices, present participle sacrificing, simple past and past participle sacrificed) (transitive, intransitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity. Sacrifice was the central rite in Greek religion (see religion, greek), but there is no single Greek equivalent to the English word ‘sacrifice’. 2378 /thysía ("sacrifice") refers to various forms of OT blood sacrifices ("types") – all awaiting their fulfillment in their antitype , Jesus Christ (Heb 10:5-12). sacrifice n noun : Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.
Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing. 3. a symbolic offering of something to a deity. 2378 thysía – properly, an offering (sacrifice); an official sacrifice prescribed by God; hence an offering the Lord accepts because offered on His terms. ( ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs) n. 1. a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil. sacrifice. Find more Greek words at wordhippo.com! sacrifice (third-person singular simple present sacrifices, present participle sacrificing, simple past and past participle sacrificed) (transitive, intransitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity. Sacrifice was the central rite in Greek religion (see religion, greek), but there is no single Greek equivalent to the English word ‘sacrifice’. 2378 /thysía ("sacrifice") refers to various forms of OT blood sacrifices ("types") – all awaiting their fulfillment in their antitype , Jesus Christ (Heb 10:5-12). sacrifice n noun : Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.