KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: An offering presented to God or to a false god, or the thing so offered. Sense 2: To present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:54
Complete exact-word concordance
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
But goe ye and learne what that meaneth, I will haue mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
1611 marginal noteOse. 6.6. chap. 12.7.
1611 marginal note1.Tim.1.15.
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
But if yee had knowen what this meaneth, I will haue mercy, and not sacrifice, yee would not haue condemned the guiltlesse.
1611 marginal noteOsee 6.7. chap. 9.13.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
An offering.
An offering made to God by killing and burning some animal upon an altar. The thing offered to God, or immolated by an act of religion.
To offer to God in homage or worship, by killing and consuming, as victims on an altar; to immolate. To make offerings to God by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them.
