slaughter sacrifically

θύω impf. ἔθυον; fut. θύσω LXX; 1 aor. ἔθυσα; pf. τέθυκα LXX. Pass.: 1 aor. ἐτύθην, ptc. τυθείς (Just. D. 111, 3), θυθείς (Mel., P. 71, 516 ); pf. ptc. τεθυμένος (Hom.+).

[b]① to make a cultic offering, sacrifice (this is the primary mng. and the one most commonly found) τινί τι someth. in honor of someone (Diod S 16, 18, 5; 17, 100, 1; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 2, 4; SIG 589, 48; 993, 11f; Gen 46:1; Jos., Bell. 2, 214 τῷ θεῷ χαριστήρια; SibOr 3, 626) 1 Cor 10:20 (Dt 32:17). τ. θεῷ θυσίαν offer a sacr. to God 1 Cl 52:3 (Ps 49:14). τινί in honor of someone (X., Cyr. 8, 7, 3; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 116, 2 θύε πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς; BGU 287, 7; LXX; EpArist 138; Jos., Bell. 1, 56 τῷ θεῷ; Just., D. 46, 7; 136, 3 τῇ Βάαλ; Ath. 1, 1 Ποσειδῶνι) Ac 14:18; 2 Cl 3:1. Abs. (Lucian, Jupp. Trag. 22, beg.; PHib 28, 7; LXX; Ath. 13, 1; 26, 2) Ac 14:13; MPol 12:2. (Used also of human sacrifice: Apollodorus [II B.C.]: 244 Fgm. 125 Jac.=Porph., De Abst. 2, 55; Ar. 9, 1 τὰ ἴδια τέκνα to Cronos; Just., D. 19, 6 τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἐθύετε τοῖς δαιμονίοις al.)

② to take life, kill, slaughter, in a gener. sense

ⓐ humans (Eur., Iph. T. 621; Sir 34:20; 1 Macc 7:19) abs. in agricultural imagery J 10:10, which also requires placement in b.

ⓑ animals J 10:10 (GKilpatrick, BT 12, ’61, 130–32, kill for food; in this sense also the killing of a rooster by thieves Aesop, Fab. 122 P.=195 H.; sheep 143 P.=262 H.; oxen [subject to slaughtering instead of professional butchering] 290 P.=Babr. 21. S. also Tob 7:8; Jos., Ant. 1, 197 μόσχον; Tat. 23, 2 ζῶα); calf Lk 15:23, 27, 30; pass. Mt 22:4.

③ to kill ceremonially, slaughter sacrifically (on the close relation betw. sacrifice and slaughter s. Ltzm., Hdb. on 1 Cor 10:25) τὸ πάσχα the Passover lamb (Ex 12:21; Dt 16:2, 5f; 1 Esdr 1:6; 7:12) Mk 14:12. Pass. Lk 22:7; hence τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ἐτύθη Χριστός 1 Cor 5:7 (Just., D. 111, 3; Mel., P. 71, 516 B.; θύω of the sacrifice of a person, s. 1 above). Abs. Ac 10:13; 11:7

④ celebrate, but perh. only when an animal is slaughtered in connection with a celebration (Polyaenus 1, 44. θ. εὐαγγέλια=‘a joyous festival’; Appian, Syr. 4 §17; 16 §69 γάμους both times; Athen. 12, 43, 532e θ. τὰ ἐπινίκια; Achilles Tat. 8, 19, 3 θ. τοὺς γάμους.—Philochorus no. 328 Fgm. 65 Jac. uses θυσία of domestic family festivals) Mk 14:12; Lk 22:7 (s. 3 above).—DELG s.v. 2 θύω B1. TRE XXV 253–71. M-M. EDNT. TW.