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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)
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, 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 Box Job 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - ‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 - “Let his own eyes see his decay,
And let him drink of the wrath of [fn]the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 - “Though his sons are many, [fn]they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22 - But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as [fn]one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 - For the LORD’S indignation is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their armies;
He has [fn]utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The sword of the LORD 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 the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:12

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 evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But You know me, O LORD;
You see me;
And You examine my heart’s attitude toward You.
Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter
And [fn]set them apart for a day of carnage!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - “I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the LORD: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - “Wail, you shepherds, and cry;
And wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock;
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions [fn]have come,
And you will fall like a choice vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:15

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 the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:27

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:40 - “I will bring them down like [fn]lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams together with male goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - that their hearts may melt, and many fall 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:10

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - So I pastured 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 pastured the flock.
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