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Lexicon :: Strong's G4967 - sphagē

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σφαγή
Transliteration
sphagē (Key)
Pronunciation
sfag-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
20x in 5 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:935,1125

Strong’s Definitions

σφαγή sphagḗ, sfag-ay'; from G4969; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)):—slaughter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4967 in the following manner: slaughter (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4967 in the following manner: slaughter (3x).

  1. slaughter

    1. of sheep destined for slaughter

    2. of day of destruction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σφαγή sphagḗ, sfag-ay'; from G4969; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)):—slaughter.
STRONGS G4967:
σφαγή, σφαγῆς, ἡ (σφάζω), slaughter: Acts 8:32 (after Isaiah 53:7); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, sheep destined for slaughter (Zechariah 11:4; Psalm 43:23 (Ps. 44:23)), Romans 8:36; ἡμέρα σφαγῆς (Jeremiah 12:3), equivalent to day of destruction, James 5:5. (Tragg., Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for טֶבַח, הֲרֵגָה, etc.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
44:23
Isaiah
53:7
Jeremiah
12:3
Zechariah
11:4
Acts
8:32
Romans
8:36
James
5:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4967 matches the Greek σφαγή (sphagē),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 - Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not be saved by the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 - And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22 - (LXX 43:23) [fn] For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 - For the wrath of the Lord is upon all nations, and his anger upon the number of them, to destroy them, and give them up to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is glutted with fat, with the blood of goats and lambs, and with the fat of goats and rams: for the Lord has a sacrifice in Bosor, and a great slaughter in Idumea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - And he, because of his affliction, opens not his mouth: [fn] he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 - I will deliver you up to the sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spoke, and ye refused to hear; and ye did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But thou, Lord, knowest me; thou hast proved my heart before thee; purify them for the day of their slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will punish them with four kinds of death, saith the Lord, the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when this place shall no more be called, The fall and burial-place of the son of Ennom, but, The burial-place of slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - (LXX 32:34) Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice rams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 - (LXX 31:15) Moab is ruined, even his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - (LXX 27:27) Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:40 - (LXX 28:40) And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - (LXX 21:20) and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - Because of the slaughter and the sin committed against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.
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