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
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Hold thy peace at the presence of the LORD God: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice: he hath bid his ghests.
1611 marginal noteHeb. sanctified or prepared.
And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
And it shall come to passe in the day of the LORDs Sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the kings children, and al such as are clothed with strange apparell.
1611 marginal noteHeb. visite vpon.
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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.
