ΘΥ, θυ
THY, thy
Sounds Like: THOO
Translations: to sacrifice, I sacrifice, a sacrifice, an offering, wrath, anger, passion, a number (400)
From the root: ΘΥΩ, ΘΥΣΙΑ, ΘΥΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This word, 'ΘΥ', is a highly ambiguous form in Koine Greek due to the absence of diacritics in ancient manuscripts and its potential use as an abbreviation or numerical representation. It most commonly represents an elided or abbreviated form of words related to 'sacrifice' or 'wrath'. 1. **From ΘΥΩ (thyo):** It can be an abbreviation or truncated form of the verb 'to sacrifice' or 'to offer'. This verb describes the act of making an offering, often to a deity, which could involve killing an animal or presenting other gifts. For example, 'I sacrifice' or 'they sacrificed'. 2. **From ΘΥΣΙΑ (thysia):** It can be an abbreviation or truncated form of the noun 'sacrifice' or 'offering'. This refers to the act itself or the thing offered. For example, 'a sacrifice' or 'an offering'. 3. **From ΘΥΜΟΣ (thymos):** It can be an abbreviation or truncated form of the noun 'wrath', 'anger', or 'passion'. This refers to a strong emotional state, often negative. 4. **As a numeral:** In some contexts, 'ΘΥ' (Theta-Upsilon) could represent the number 400, as Greek letters were also used as numerals. However, this is less common in continuous text without a keraia (numerical mark).
Inflection: This form is highly ambiguous and could represent various inflections depending on the full word it abbreviates or elides. For ΘΥΩ, it could be a conjugated verb form (e.g., first person singular future active indicative 'I will sacrifice', or third person plural aorist active indicative 'they sacrificed'). For ΘΥΣΙΑ or ΘΥΜΟΣ, it could be a noun in various cases (e.g., Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative), singular or plural. It could also be a numeral.
Strong’s numbers: G2380 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2378 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2372 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 4:21
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΘΥΩ, ΘΥΣΙΑ, ΘΥΜΟΣ, appear in our texts.
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