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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 -

‘Should my head be set on high, You would hunt me like a lion;

And again You would show Your wonders against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 -

“Let his own eyes see his decay,

And let him drink of the wrath of [fn]the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 -

“Though his sons are many, [fn]they are destined for the sword;

And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22 -

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 -

He suddenly follows her

As an ox goes to the slaughter,

Or [fn]as one in fetters to the discipline of an ignorant fool,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 -

For the indignation of Yahweh is against all the nations,

And His wrath against all their [fn]hosts;

He has [fn]devoted them to destruction;

He has given them over to slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 -

The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood;

It is [fn]sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,

With the fat of the kidneys of rams.

For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah

And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 -

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,

Yet He did not open His mouth;

Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,

And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,

So He did not open His mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 -

I will destine you for the sword,

And all of you will bow down to the slaughter,

Because I called, but you did not answer;

I spoke, but you did not hear.

And you did what was evil in My eyes

And chose that in which I was not pleased.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 -

But You, O Yahweh, You know me;

You see me;

And You test my heart’s attitude toward You.

Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter

And [fn]set them apart for a day of carnage!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 -

“I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares Yahweh: “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and bring to ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6 - therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the valley of Slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 -

“Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;

And roll yourselves in ashes, you masters of the flock;

For the days of your slaughter and your scatterings are being fulfilled,

And you will fall like a desirable vessel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 -

“Moab has been destroyed, and [fn]men have gone up to [fn]his cities;

His choicest [fn]young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”

Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 -

Put all her young bulls to the sword;

Let them go down to the slaughter!

Woe be upon them, for their day has come,

The time of their punishment.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:40 -

“I will bring them down like [fn]lambs to the slaughter,

Like rams together with male goats.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - that their hearts may melt, and many will be stumbling blocks at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 -

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,

[fn]You will be covered with shame,

And you will be cut off forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 -

Thus says Yahweh my God, “Shepherd the flock doomed to slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 -

So I shepherded the flock doomed to slaughter[fn]hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called [fn]Favor, and the other I called [fn]Union; so I shepherded the flock.

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