θύω thýō

Meaning

properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose)

In the King James Version: kill, (do) sacrifice, slay

Derivation: a primary verb;

Where it is used

• Matthew 22:4 Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
• Mark 14:12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
• Luke 15:23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
• Luke 15:27 ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
• Luke 15:30 But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
• Luke 22:7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
• John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
• Acts 10:13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
• Acts 11:7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
• Acts 14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
• Acts 14:18 Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
• 1 Corinthians 10:20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.