Words the Bible translates as sacrifice
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 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.
- zevaḥזֶבַחa sacrifice: an animal killed as an offering to God whose meat is then eaten in a shared meal of worship
- thuōθύωto slaughter an animal, whether as an offering to a god or for a meal
- zavaḥזָבַחto slaughter an animal as an offering to a god; to sacrifice.
- qorbanקׇרְבָּןan offering: anything a worshiper brings near and presents to God as a gift
- prosphoraπροσφοράan offering: something carried to God and presented to him as a gift, or the act of presenting it
- devaḥדְּבַחto sacrificenot studied yet
- devaḥדְּבַחsacrificenot studied yet
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