ἘΠΙΘΥΣΑΙ, ἐπιθυσαι
EPITHYSAI, epithysai
Sounds Like: eh-pee-THOO-sai
Translations: to sacrifice, to offer sacrifice
From the root: ΕΠΙΘΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to sacrifice' or 'to offer sacrifice'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb 'θύω' (thyō), meaning 'to sacrifice'. It describes the act of making an offering, typically to a deity, often on an altar.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΘΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΘΥΕΝ — sacrificed, offered sacrifice, was sacrificing, was offering sacrifice
- ἘΠΙΘΥΟΝΤΩΝ — sacrificing, offering sacrifice, making a sacrifice, of those sacrificing, of those offering sacrifice, of those making a sacrifice
- ἘΠΙΘΥΟΥΣΙΝ — they sacrifice upon, they offer upon, they offer sacrifice, they burn incense
- ἘΠΙΘΥΣΟΜΕΝ — we will sacrifice upon, we will offer sacrifice upon
- ΕΠΙΘΥΩ — to sacrifice upon, to offer sacrifice, to offer a sacrifice
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