θύω ; impf. ἔθυον ; 1 aor. ἔθυσα; Pass., pres. inf. θύεσθαι; pf. ptep. τεθυμένος; 1 aor. ἐτύθην (1 Co. v. 7, where Rec." "

θύω thuō 14x

to offer; to kill in sacrifice, sacrifice, immolate, Acts 14:13, 18; in NT to slaughter for food, Mt. 22:4

θύω,

[in LXX chiefly for זבח, also for שׁחט, etc.;] as in cl.;

to offer first fruits to a god.

to sacrifice by slaying a victim, offer sacrifice: Ac 14:13; c. dat. pers., Ac 14:18; id. c. acc. rei, I Co 10:20.

to slay, kill: Jo 10:10, Ac 10:13 11:7; c. acc. rei, Lk 15:23, 27, 30; pass., Mt 22:4; τὸ πάσχα (Ex 12:21), Mk 14:12; pass., Lk 22:7, I Co 5:7.†

θύω. An early instance of this verb occurs in the interesting, but fragmentary, papyrus containing a royal edict regarding the constitution of one of the Greek cities in Egypt, P Hib I. 287 (c. B.C. 265), where it is laid down with reference to the incorporation of the demes in the phratries— κ[αὶ] γνωρίζηται ὑπὸ τῶν φρατόρων θυέτωσαν, ‘‘(in order that they may) be recognized by the members of the phratries, let them sacrifice ’’ (Edd.). Other examples are P Fay 12138 (c. A.D, 100) Kal τὸ δίέρ᾽μα τοῦ μόσχου οὗ ἐθύ[σ]αμεν αἴτησον παρὰ τοῦ] κυρτοῦ βυρσέως, ‘ask the hunchbacked tanner for the hide of the calf that we sacrificed” (Edd.), P Giss I. 37 (invitation to the festival on Hadrian’s accession—A.D. 117) τοιγαροῦν θύοντες τὰς ἑστίας ἀνάπτωμεν, BGU I. 250° (time of Hadrian) μόσχους τεθύκασι, 20. 11. 463% (A.D. 148) τέλος μόσχ(ου) θυομέίνου), Chrest. 1. 116? (Sayings of Sansnds—ii/iii A.D.) σέβου τὸ θεῖον. Ove πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς, and from the “δε (see s.v. θυσία) BGU I. 2877 (A.D. 250) (= Selecttons, p. 115) Kal ἀεὶ θύων τοῖς θεοῖς διετέλεσα.

θύω (thuō) — to sacrifice. θύω,

__Aimperfect ἔθυον, Epic dialect θῦον [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect θύεσκον [Refs 6th c.BC+]future θύσω [ῡ] [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect θυσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural θυσέοντι [Refs]: aorist ἔθῡσα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect θῦσα [Refs]: perfect τέθῠκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future θύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] (as passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐθυσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future τῠθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist ἐτύθην [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+] (participle written θυθέν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect τέθῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐτέθῠτο [Refs]. [ῡ in future and aorist, ῠ in perfect active and passive, and aorist passive; ῡ generally in present and imperfect, except in trisyllable cases of participle, θῠοντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔθύ?~Xε, θύ?~Xων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θύ?~Xειν, at the end of a line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θύ?~Xεις, θύ?~Xω, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; θύ?~Xωντι 3rd.pers. plural present subjunctive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __A.I active, offer by burning meat or drink to the gods (τὸ θύειν δωρεῖσθαί ἐστι τοῖς θεοῖς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄρ γματα θῦσε θεοῖς, of a drink-offering, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντες ἐθύσαμεν (i.e. τῶν τυρῶν) made an offering of cheese,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέλανον, δεῖπνα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πυρούς, ναστούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.I.2 sacrifice, slay a victim, [τῷ ἡλίῳ] θ. ἵππους (variant{ἵπποισι})[Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. θῦμα, θυσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. διαβατήρια, ἐπινίκια, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὰ τεθυμένα the flesh of the victim, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τεθ. ἱερά[Refs] __A.I.2.b simply, slaughter, [LXX+5th c.BC+] __A.I.3 absolutely, offer sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖσι θεοῖσι θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.I.4 celebrate with offerings or sacrifices, σῶστρα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.I.5 with doubleaccusative, εὐαγγέλια θ. ἑκατὸν βοῦς sacrifice a hundred oxen for the good news, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.I.6 Ἑστίᾳ θύειν, proverbial of niggards, because sacrifices to Hestia admitted no one to share the offering, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II middle, cause a victim to be offered, τῶν θυμάτων ὧν δεῖ θύεσθαι καὶ παρίστασθαι [Refs 1st c.BC+], etc.: hence frequently absolutely, consult the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ Κρότωνα, ἐπὶ τῷ Πέρσῃ, i.e. on marching against.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, θ. ἰέναι offer sacrifice [to learn] whether to go or not, [Refs]active, ἔθυε (variant{ἐθύετο}) τῷ Διί.. πότερά οἱ λῷον καὶ ἄμεινον εἴη.. [Refs]; διαβατήρια θύεσθαι, as in active, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II.2 metaphorically, tear in pieces, of wild beasts, [Refs 4th c.BC+], cf. Sanskritdhūmás, Latin fumus 'smoke', θυμιάω, θύος, θυήλημα, τύφω, perhaps θεῖον (A), Latin suffire; compare {θύω})