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thysía

sacrifice

Say it: thoo-SEE-ah (approximate)

θυσία

What it means

An offering made to God, usually on an altar. In 2:17, "the sacrifice and service of your faith" shows the Philippians' lives as an offering; in 4:18, their gift is "a sacrifice acceptable."

Range of meaning

  • SacrificeAn offering.
  • OfferingA gift to God.

In Philippians

  • Chapter 2

    "On the sacrifice and service of your faith" (2:17).

  • Chapter 4

    "An acceptable sacrifice" (4:18).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G2378 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources