Bible word study

Thyo (Strong’s G2380): Meaning in the Bible

Thyo (θύω) is the Greek word numbered G2380 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as 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 Bible it is translated kill, (do) sacrifice, slay..

• Original wordθύω
• Transliterationthýō
• Pronunciationthoo'-o
• Strong’s numberG2380
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primary verb;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Thyo appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Thyo (G2380) stands behind 15 English renderings in 13 verses across 6 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Acts (5), Luke (4), 1 Corinthians (3).

How the King James Bible renders Thyo, by count

• sacrifice4 of 15 (27 percent)
• killed3 of 15 (20 percent)
• and kill1 of 15 (7 percent)
• had1 of 15 (7 percent)
• hath killed1 of 15 (7 percent)
• kill1 of 15 (7 percent)

Three places to read Thyo

• Matthew 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
• Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
• Acts 11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Thyo in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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