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Lexicon :: Strong's H2076 - zāḇaḥ

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זָבַח
Transliteration
zāḇaḥ
Pronunciation
zaw-bakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 525

Strong’s Definitions

זָבַח zâbach, zaw-bakh'; a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice):—kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H2076 in the following manner: sacrifice (85x), offer (39x), kill (5x), slay (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H2076 in the following manner: sacrifice (85x), offer (39x), kill (5x), slay (5x).
  1. to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice

    1. (Qal)

      1. to slaughter for sacrifice

      2. to slaughter for eating

      3. to slaughter in divine judgment

    2. (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָבַח zâbach, zaw-bakh'; a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice):—kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
STRONGS H2076: Abbreviations
זָבַח 134 verb slaughter for sacrifice (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician זבח; Assyrian Zibû DlPr 174 compare LotzTP 174; Arabic ذَبَحَ, Sabean דֿבח CISiv. 1, 2, No. 74 l. 11. 12; Aramaic H1684 דְּבַח, OfbD, Ethiopic ዘብሐ፡)
Qal112 Perfect ז׳ 1 Kings 8:63; 1 Kings 13:2, זָבַחְתָּ Exodus 20:24 + 3 times, זָבַחְתִּי Ezekiel 39:19, וָֽבְחוּ Exodus 34:15; Leviticus 17:5, זְבַחְתֶּם Exodus 8:24, זָבַחְנוּ Exodus 8:23; Imperfect וַיִּזְבַּח Genesis 31:54 + 14 times; 2nd person masculine singular suffix תִּזְבָּחֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 15:21, 2nd person feminine singular suffix וַתִּזְבָּחִים Ezekiel 16:20, 1st person singular אֶזְבַּח Psalm 116:17, אֶזְבְּחָה Psalm 27:6; Psalm 54:8; Jonah 2:10; 2nd person masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ Leviticus 19:5 + 2 times, תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ Leviticus 22:29 + 2 times; 1st person plural נִזְבְּחָה Exodus 3:18 +, etc. (61 times Imperfect); Imperative זְבַח Psalm 50:14, זִבְחוּ Exodus 8:21; Psalm 4:6; Infinitive construct זְבֹחַ 1 Samuel 15:15 + 14 times, לִזְבּוֺחַ 2 Chronicles 11:16, בְּזָבְחוֺ 2 Samuel 15:12; Participle active זֹבֵחַ Exodus 13:15 + 8 times, זוֺבֵחַ Isaiah 66:3, plural זֹבְחִים Leviticus 17:5 + (20 times Participle) — I. slaughter for sacrifice
1. with accusative of
a. kind of sacrifice זֶבַח ז׳ Genesis 31:54 +, † פֶּסַח Deuteronomy 16:2, 5, 6, † שְׁלָמְים Deuteronomy 27:7; Joshua 8:31, † תּוֺדָה Psalm 50:14; Psalm 50:23, † עֹלוֺת ושׁלמים Exodus 20:24 (E).
b. victims,
(α) animals † בָּקָר וָצאֹן 1 Kings 8:63; Numbers 22:40, † צאן ובקר 2 Chronicles 18:2, † הַבְּרִיאָה Ezekiel 34:3, † רֶחֶם כָּל־פֶּטֶר Exodus 13:15 (J); † וְאֵילִים פָּרִים 1 Chronicles 15:26, שׁוֺר וָשֶׂה Deuteronomy 17:1;
(β) mankind † בָּנִים וּבָנוֺת Psalm 106:37; Ezekiel 16:20, † זֹבְחֵי אָדָם sacrificers of mankind Hosea 13:2 (so Ra AE Hi Wü MV; men that sacrifice AV RV after Ki, so Pu Ew Ke Now Che SS).
c.תּוֺעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם Exodus 8:22 (twice in verse) (E), מָשְׁחָתMalachi 1:14.
2. absolute 1 Samuel 1:5
3. with לְ of deity, †לְדָגוֺן Judges 16:23, † לַשְּׂעִירִם Leviticus 17:7 (H), † לַשֵּׁדִים Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalm 106:37; other gods Exodus 34:15 (JE) +; but usually ליהוה Exodus 3:18 + 9 times J E, Leviticus 17:5; Leviticus 19:5; Leviticus 22:29 (all H, not elsewhere in P), Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 16:2; Deuteronomy 17:1; 1 Samuel 1:3 +; † לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו Genesis 46:1 (E), לאלהים Psalm 50:14, † לאדני Malachi 1:14.
4. with local prep. בְּ Genesis 31:54 (E) +, עַל Exodus 20:24 (E) +; לפני Leviticus 9:4 (P) +, על פני השׂדה Leviticus 17:5 (H).
II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RSSemitic 219) 1 Samuel 28:24 (fat calf for Saul), Ezekiel 34:3 (fat sheep for shepherds), 2 Chronicles 18:2 (sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat, with לְ of person); compare Deuteronomy 12:15 Deuteronomy 12:21 (absolute), 1 Kings 19:21.
III. slaughter in divine judgment Ezekiel 39:17-19 with accusative זִבְחִי (Gog and Magog as feast for vultures), 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:20 (priests of high-places on their own altars).
Pi. 22 Perfect זִבַּח 2 Chronicles 33:22, זִבְּחוּ Psalm 106:38, זִבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 12:12; Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ Habakkuk 1:16, יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 4:13, 14; Hosea 11:2 (7 times Imperfect); Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 12:32; Participle מְזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 3:3, plural מְזַבְּחִים 2 Chronicles 5:6 + 8 times, מְזַבְּחוֺת 1 Kings 11:8; — sacrifice,
1. of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6, and Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 30:22, and probably intensive; but
2. elsewhere of sacrifice to other deities, possibly iterative in some cases, but certainly not in all: לַבְּעָלִים Hosea 11:2, לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן 1 Kings 11:8, לַעֲגָלִים 1 Kings 12:32, לְחֶרְמוֺ Habakkuk 1:16, לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָ֑עַן Psalm 106:38, לֵאלֹהֵי דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 2 Chronicles 28:23, לְכָל־הַפְּסִילִים 2 Chronicles 33:22; or in unlawful places עַלרָֿאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים Hosea 4:13 compare Hosea 4:14, בַּגִּלְגָּל Hosea 12:12, בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 3:2, 3; 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 15:35, 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4. It is used without direct object Hosea 4:14 and often; also with accusative of victim שְׁוָרִים Hosea 12:12 צאֹן וּבָקָר 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6; sons and daughters Psalm 106:38, זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים 2 Chronicles 30:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:54; 31:54; 31:54; 46:1

Exodus

3:18; 3:18; 8:21; 8:22; 8:23; 8:24; 13:15; 13:15; 20:24; 20:24; 20:24; 34:15; 34:15

Leviticus

9:4; 17:5; 17:5; 17:5; 17:5; 17:7; 19:5; 19:5; 22:29; 22:29

Numbers

22:40

Deuteronomy

12:15; 12:21; 15:21; 15:21; 16:2; 16:2; 16:5; 16:6; 17:1; 17:1; 27:7; 32:17

Joshua

8:31

Judges

16:23

1 Samuel

1:3; 1:5; 15:15; 28:24

2 Samuel

15:12

1 Kings

3:2; 3:3; 3:3; 8:5; 8:5; 8:63; 8:63; 11:8; 11:8; 12:32; 12:32; 13:2; 13:2; 19:21; 22:44

2 Kings

12:4; 14:4; 15:4; 15:35; 16:4; 23:20

1 Chronicles

15:26

2 Chronicles

5:6; 5:6; 5:6; 11:16; 18:2; 18:2; 28:4; 28:23; 30:22; 30:22; 33:22; 33:22

Psalms

4:6; 27:6; 50:14; 50:14; 50:14; 50:23; 106:37; 106:37; 106:38; 106:38; 106:38; 116:17

Isaiah

66:3

Ezekiel

16:20; 16:20; 34:3; 34:3; 39:17; 39:18; 39:19; 39:19

Hosea

4:13; 4:13; 4:14; 4:14; 4:14; 11:2; 11:2; 12:12; 12:12; 12:12; 13:2

Jonah

2:10

Habakkuk

1:16; 1:16

Malachi

1:14; 1:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2076 matches the Hebrew זָבַח (zāḇaḥ),
which occurs 134 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Sa 15:21–Psa 50:14)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - “But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice H2076 to Yahweh your God at Gilgal.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - But Samuel said, “How can I go? Saul will hear of it and will kill me.” Then Yahweh said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice H2076 to Yahweh.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - And he said, “In peace; I have come to sacrifice H2076 to Yahweh. Set yourselves apart as holy and come with me to the sacrifice.” He also set apart Jesse and his sons as holy and invited them to the sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly sacrificed H2076 it; and she took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - And so it happened, that when those who were carrying the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed H2076 an ox and a fatling.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering H2076 the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 -

And Adonijah sacrificed H2076 sheep and oxen and fatlings by the [fn]stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - “And he has sacrificed H2076 oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - “For he has gone down today and has sacrificed H2076 oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2 - The people were still sacrificing H2076 on the high places because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 -

And Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice H2076 there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered one thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who congregated to him being with him before the ark, were sacrificing H2076 [fn]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:62 -

Now the king and all Israel with him were offering H2076 sacrifices before Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - And Solomon offered H2076 for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered H2076 to Yahweh, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:8 - Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed H2076 to their gods.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - And Jeroboam made a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he [fn]went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, to sacrifice H2076 to the calves which he had made. And he had the priests of the high places, which he had made, stand in Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - And he cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah is his name; and on you he shall sacrifice H2076 the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21 - So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed H2076 them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it, doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burnt incense on the high places.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:3 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:4 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:4 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - He also sacrificed H2076 and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:35 - with whom Yahweh cut a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor worship them nor serve them nor sacrifice H2076 to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - “But Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall sacrifice H2076.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - And all the priests of the high places who were there he [fn]slaughtered H2076 on the altars and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - Now this happened because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. And they sacrificed H2076 seven bulls and seven rams.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 -

At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed H2076 there.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:21 - And on the next day they [fn]made H2076 sacrifices to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who congregated with him before the ark, were sacrificing H2076 [fn]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:4 -

Now the king and all the people were offering H2076 sacrifices before Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And King Solomon offered H2076 a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - Now those from all the tribes of Israel who gave their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, [fn]followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice H2076 to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - And they sacrificed H2076 to Yahweh that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And some years later he went down to Ahab at Samaria. And Ahab sacrificed H2076 sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and incited him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He also sacrificed H2076 and offered offerings in smoke on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - Indeed, he sacrificed H2076 to the gods of Damascus which had struck him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice H2076 to them that they may help me.” But they became the stumbling of him and all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Then Hezekiah spoke to the hearts of all the Levites who showed good insight in the things of Yahweh. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing H2076 peace offerings and giving thanks to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:16 - And he set up the altar of Yahweh and sacrificed H2076 peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he said for Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - Nevertheless the people still sacrificed H2076 in the high places, although only to Yahweh their God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:22 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had done, and Amon sacrificed H2076 to all the graven images which his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - And they tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he cut in pieces; also the Asherim, the graven images, and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed H2076 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - so they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing H2076 to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the [fn]wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer H2076 sacrifices H2076? Can they complete it in a day? Can they bring the stones to life from the [fn]dusty rubble, though they are burned?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - and on that day they offered H2076 great sacrifices and were glad because God had given them great gladness, even the women and children were glad, so that the gladness of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:5 -

Offer H2076 [fn]the sacrifices of righteousness,

And trust in Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 -

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,

And I will offer H2076 in His tent sacrifices with loud shouts of joy;

I will sing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 -

“Offer H2076 to God a H2076 sacrifice H2076 of thanksgiving

And pay your vows to the Most High;


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