TR: zebach → thysia (Sacrifice)¶

The Chain¶

Hebrew OT              LXX (Greek OT)           Greek NT
─────────              ──────────────           ────────
זֶבַח (zebach)    →    θυσία (thysia)      →    θυσία (thysia)
H2077, 153x            130x as bridge           29x in NT
"slaughter/sacrifice"  sacrifice act/victim     sacrifice

OT Usage (Hebrew)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
H2077	זֶבַח (zebach)	153 verses	slaughter, sacrifice, victim, sacrificial act/flesh
H2076	זָבַח (zabach)	related verb	slaughter, sacrifice
H8002	שֶׁלֶם (shelem)	84 verses	peace/fellowship offering; frequent construct partner
H5930	עֹלָה (olah)	262 verses	burnt offering; frequent companion term

Key OT passages: Gen 31:54; Lev 3:1; Lev 7:11; Deut 12:6; Hos 6:6; Zeph 1:7.

Canonical study: H2077-zebach.md

LXX Bridge¶

Hebrew	Greek Translation	Count	Notes
zebach (H2077)	θυσία (G2378)	130	Primary equivalent; strongest bridge in gatherer output.
zebach (H2077)	σωτήριον (G4992)	47	Peace/salvation-offering overlap.
zebach (H2077)	θύω (G2380)	32	Sacrifice/slaughter verb overlap.
zebach (H2077)	ὁλοκαύτωμα (G3646)	32	Burnt-offering overlap in combined sacrificial contexts.
zebach (H2077)	δῶρον (G1435)	18	Gift/offering rendering in some contexts.

Reverse bridge for G2378 thysia includes H2077 zebach (130), H4503 minchah (142), H8002 shelem (60), H5930 olah (77), H5262 necek (38), and H7133 qorban (38). The Greek term is broader than one Hebrew offering category and can collapse several Hebrew distinctions into "sacrifice."

NT Usage (Greek)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
G2378	θυσία (thysia)	29 verses	sacrifice, the act or victim
G2379	θυσιαστήριον (thysiastērion)	related noun	altar

Key NT passages: Matt 9:13; Mark 9:49; Luke 2:24; Acts 7:41; Rom 12:1; 1 Cor 10:18; Eph 5:2; Heb 5:1.

Canonical study: G2378-thysia.md

Continuity and Shifts¶

What stays the same across testaments: - The word chain keeps the sacrificial act/victim field: Hebrew zebach and Greek thysia both name sacrifice as ritual act and offered victim. - Meal/altar participation remains visible: zebach collocates with eating and peace offerings; thysia appears in 1 Cor 10:18 with altar participation. - Prophetic critique carries forward through the thysia rendering of "mercy, not sacrifice" (Matt 9:13 using Hos 6:6 wording).

What shifts: - Greek thysia is less taxonomically specific than Hebrew sacrificial vocabulary; it can render zebach, minchah, shelem, olah, necek, and qorban. - NT usage expands the term into ethical/metaphorical applications such as "living sacrifice" (Rom 12:1) and praise/beneficence sacrifice language in Hebrews.