Words the Bible translates as offering
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- thusiaθυσίαan offering presented to God in worship, above all a slain animal or gift given up at the altar, and by extension the act of offering it
- minḥahמִנְחָהan offering presented to God; most often the grain offering of flour, oil, and incense given alongside the animal sacrifices.
+2 more meanings
- a gift presented to someone of higher standing to win favor, show respect, or smooth a relationship.
- tribute: the payment a weaker nation or subject hands over to a ruler it is forced to serve.
- dōronδῶρονa thing given: a gift handed from one party to another, whatever the setting.
- zevaḥזֶבַחa sacrifice: an animal killed as an offering to God whose meat is then eaten in a shared meal of worship
- qorbanקׇרְבָּןan offering: anything a worshiper brings near and presents to God as a gift
- terumahתְּרוּמָהa portion set apart from a larger whole and handed over to God, whether a gift, a sacred share of a sacrifice, a levy, or a reserved tract of land
- ishshahאִשֶּׁהa gift handed over to God at the altar: the technical priestly term for what is presented to him as his portion
- prosphoraπροσφοράan offering: something carried to God and presented to him as a gift, or the act of presenting it
- mattanahמַתָּנָהa gift or present: something handed over freely, whether a personal present, an offering to God, or a bribe.
- masetמַשְׂאֵתsomething lifted up or borne: a raised signal, a portion or gift carried to someone, or a payment rendered to an authority
- minḥahמִנְחָהofferingnot studied yet
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