Quick Definition
θυσία, ας, ἡ n.f. a sacrifice
Strong's Definition
from 2380; sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: sacrifice
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | θύω
53.20 · Religious Activities · Offering, Sacrifice
sacrifice that which is offered as a sacrifice
MAT 9:13 · MAT 12:7 · MRK 12:33 · LUK 2:24 · LUK 13:1 · ACT 7:41 · ACT 7:42 · ROM 12:1 · 1CO 10:18 · EPH 5:2 · PHP 2:17 · PHP 4:18 · HEB 5:1 · HEB 7:27 · HEB 8:3 · HEB 9:9 · HEB 9:23 · HEB 9:26 · HEB 10:1 · HEB 10:5 · HEB 10:8 · HEB 10:11 · HEB 10:12 · HEB 10:26 · HEB 11:4 · HEB 13:15 · HEB 13:16 · 1PE 2:5
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θυσία, -as, ἡ, (θύω), [fr. Aeschyl. down], Sept. for m3) an offering, and Ni; @ sacrifice, victim; a. prop.: Mt. ix. 13 and xii. 7, fr. Hos. vi. 6; Mk. ix. 49 ({RGLTr txt. br.], see ἁλίζω) ; Eph. v. 2; Heb. x. 5, 26; plur., Mk. xii. 33; Lk. xiii. 1; Heb. ix. 23; [x.1,8 (here Ree. sing.) ]; ἀνάγειν θυσίαν τινί, Acts vii. 415 avaφέρειν, Heb. vii. 27, (see ἀνάγω, and ἀναφέρω 2); [δοῦναι θ. Lk. ii. 24]; προσφέρειν, Acts vii. 42; Heb. v. 1; viii. 3; x. [11], 12; [xi 4]; pass. Heb. ix. 9; διὰ τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ, by his sacrifice, i. e. by the sacrifice which he offered (not, by offering up himself; that would have been expressed by διὰ τῆς θυσίας τῆς ἑαυτοῦ, or διὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ θυσίας), Heb. ix. 26; ἐσθίειν τὰς θυσίας, to eat the flesh left over from the victims sacrificed (viz. at the sacrificial feasts; cf. [Lev. vii. 15 sqq.; Deut. xii. 7 sq. 17 sq., ete.] Win. RWB. s. v. Opfermahlzeiten), 1 Co. x. 18. Ὁ. in expressions involving a comparison: θυσίαι πνευματικαί (see πνευματικός, 3 a.), 1 Pet. ii. 5; θυσία, a free gift, which is likened to an offered sacrifice, Phil. iv. 18; Heb. xiii. 16 (τοιαύταις θυσίαις, i. 6. with such things as substitutes for sacrifices God is well pleased) ; θυσία ζῶσα (see ζάω, II. b. fin.), Ro. xii. 1; ἀναφέρειν θυσίαν αἰνέσεως, Heb. xiii. 15 (if this meant, as it can mean, αἴνεσιν ὡς θυσίαν, the author would not have added, as he has, the explanation of the words; he must therefore be supposed to have reproduced the Hebr. phrase ΤΠ ΓΙ ΤΊ3], and then defined this more exactly; Lev. vii. 3 (13) [ef. 2 (12)]; Ps. evi. (evii.) 22; see αἴνεσις); ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ .. . τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν (epex. gen.), in the work of exciting, nourishing, increasing, your faith, as if in providing a sacrifice to be offered to God [ef. ἐπί, p. 233° bot.], Phil. ii. 17.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θυσία thusia 28x
sacrifice, the act of sacrificing, Heb. 9:26; the thing sacrificed, a victim, Mt. 9:13; 12:7; the flesh of victims eaten by the sacrificers, 1 Cor. 10:18; in NT an offering or service to God, Phil. 4:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θυσία, -ας, ἡ
(θύω), [in LXX chiefly for מִנְחָה, זֶבַח;]
actively, an offering, sacrifice (Hdt., al.).
Objectively, that which is offered, a sacrifice: Mt 9:13 12:7(LXX), Mk 9:49 (WH, mg.), Eph 5:2, He 10:5, 26; pl. (as usually in cl.), Mk 12:33, Lk 13:1, He 9:23 10:1, 8, (θ. καὶ προσφοράς); θ. ἀνάγειν, Ac 7:41; ἀναφέρειν, He 7:27; προσφέρειν, Ac 7:42, He 5:1 8:3 (δῶρά τε καὶ θ.) 10:11, 12 11:4; δοῦναι, Lk 2:24; pass., He 9:9; διὰ τῆς θ. αὐτοῦ, He 9:26; ἐσθίειν τὰς θ. (Le 7:15 ff.), I Co 10:18. Metaph., Phl 4:18, He 13:16; θ. πνευματικαί, I Pe 2:5; θ. ζῶσα, Ro 12:1; θ. αἰνέσεως, He 13:15; θ. . . . τ. πίστεως, Phl 2:17.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θυσία (thusia) — sacrifice. θῠσί-α, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (θύω) properly burnt-offering, sacrifice, mostly in plural, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θυσίας ἔρδειν, ἐπιτελέειν, ἀνάγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. σωτηρίου, αἰνέσεως, τῆς τελειώσεως, [LXX]; of the gods, θυσίαν δέχεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. mode of sacrifice, θ. ἡ αὐτὴ πᾶσι κατέστηκε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. festival, at which sacrifices were offered, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ θ., title of work by Theognis Hist.
3. b generally, rite, ceremony, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. victim, offering, [Refs 1st c.AD+]