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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θύω
Greek transliteration: 
thuō
Simplified transliteration: 
thuo
Principal Parts: 
(ἔθυον), -, ἔθυσα, -, τέθυμαι, ἐτύθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2380
GK Number: 
2604
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
14
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(4)
Gloss: 
to kill, butcher; to offer sacrifice
Definition: 
to offer; to kill in sacrifice, sacrifice, immolate, Acts 14:13, 18; in NT to slaughter for food, Mt. 22:4

Greek-English Concordance for θύω

Matthew 22:4 Then he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “See, I have prepared my banquet, my oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered (tethumena | τεθυμένα | perf pass ptcp nom pl neut), and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’
Mark 14:12 And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when people were (ethuon | ἔθυον | imperf act ind 3 pl) slaughtering (ethuon | ἔθυον | imperf act ind 3 pl) the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Luke 15:23 Bring the fattened calf and make (thusate | θύσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) the kill! Let us eat and celebrate;
Luke 15:27 The servant said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed (ethusen | ἔθυσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the fattened calf, he received him back safe and sound.’
Luke 15:30 But when this son of yours came, who has consumed your estate with prostitutes, you killed (ethusas | ἔθυσας | aor act ind 2 sg) the fattened calf for him!’
Luke 22:7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, in which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed (thuesthai | θύεσθαι | pres pass inf ).
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and slaughter (thusē | θύσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
Acts 10:13 Then a voice came to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter (thuson | θῦσον | aor act imperative 2 sg) and eat!”
Acts 11:7 I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter (thuson | θῦσον | aor act imperative 2 sg) and eat!’
Acts 14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to (thuein | θύειν | pres act inf ) offer (thuein | θύειν | pres act inf ) sacrifice (thuein | θύειν | pres act inf ) along with the crowds.
Acts 14:18 Even saying these things, they barely restrained the crowds from offering (thuein | θύειν | pres act inf ) sacrifice to them.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed (etythē | ἐτύθη | aor pass ind 3 sg).
1 Corinthians 10:20 No, what I am implying is that the things that people sacrifice (thuousin | θύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), they (thuousin | θύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) sacrifice (thuousin | θύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to be sharers with demons.