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Lexicon :: Strong's G4969 - sphazō

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σφάζω
Transliteration
sphazō (Key)
Pronunciation
sfad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:925,1125

Strong’s Definitions

σφάζω spházō, sfad'-zo; a primary verb; to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently):—kill, slay, wound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4969 in the following manner: slay (8x), kill (1x), wound (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4969 in the following manner: slay (8x), kill (1x), wound (1x).

  1. to slay, slaughter, butcher

  2. to put to death by violence

  3. mortally wounded

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σφάζω spházō, sfad'-zo; a primary verb; to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently):—kill, slay, wound.
STRONGS G4969:
σφάζω, Attic σφάττω: future σφάξω, Revelation 6:4 L T Tr WH; 1 aorist ἐσφαξα; passive, perfect participle ἐσφαγμένος; 2 aorist ἐσφαγην; from Homer down; the Sept. very often for שָׁחַט, to slay, slaughter, butcher: properly, ἀρνίον, Revelation 5:6, 12; Revelation 13:8; τινα, to put to death by violence (often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down), 1 John 3:12; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 6:4, 9; Revelation 18:24. κεφαλή ἐσφαγμενη εἰς θάνατον, mortally wounded (R. V. smitten unto death), Revelation 13:3. (Compare: κατασφάζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 John
3:12
Revelation
5:6; 5:9; 5:12; 6:4; 6:4; 6:9; 13:3; 13:8; 18:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4969 matches the Greek σφάζω (sphazō),
which occurs 81 times in 70 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 22:10–1Ki 18:40)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraam stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and slay beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month, and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill it toward evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - (LXX 21:37) And if one steal [fn]an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11 - And thou shalt slay the calf before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - And thou shalt kill it, and take of the blood of it, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - Thou shalt not [fn]offer the blood of my [fn]sacrifices [fn]with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the feast of the passover [fn]remain till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - And they shall slay the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which is at the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall slay it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt-offerings round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - And he shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord, and he shall put his hand on the head of the calf before the Lord, and shall slay the calf in the presence of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the calf before the Lord, and they shall slay the calf before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - And he shall lay his hand on the head of the kid, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the victims for whole-burnt-offerings before the Lord; it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 - And he shall lay his hand on the head of his sin-offering, and they shall slay the kid of the sin-offering in the place where they slay the victims for whole-burnt-offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the victims for whole-burnt-offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25 - (LXX 6:18) Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering;—in the place where they slay the whole-burnt-offering, they shall slay the sin-offerings before the Lord: they are most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - In the place where they slay the whole-burnt-offering, they shall slay the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15 - And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger; and he purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19 - And he divided the ram by its limbs, and Moses offered the head, and the limbs, and the fat; and he washed the belly and the feet with water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron; and Moses put of the blood on the tips of their right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet, and Moses poured out the blood on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:8 - And Aaron drew nigh to the altar, and slew the calf of his sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12 - And he slew the whole-burnt-offering; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15 - And he brought the gift of the people, and took the goat of the sin-offering of the people, and slew it, and purified it as also the first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - And he slew the calf, and the ram of the sacrifice of peace-offering of the people; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it out on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13 - And they shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the whole-burnt-offerings, and the sin-offerings, in the holy places; for it is a sin-offering: as the trespass-offering, it belongs to the priest, it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - And the priest shall sacrifice the sin-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the person under purification to cleanse him from his sin, and afterwards the priest shall slay the whole-burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - And he shall slay the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - And he shall slay one bird in an earthen vessel over running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11 - And Aaron shall bring the calf for his sin, and he shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and he shall kill the calf for his sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - And he shall kill the goat for the sin-offering that is for the people, before the Lord; and he shall bring in of its blood within the veil, and shall do with its blood as he did with the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle its blood on the mercy-seat, in front of the mercy-seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - Every man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, who shall kill a calf, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or who shall kill it out of the camp,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to sacrifice it for a whole-burnt-offering or peace-offering to the Lord to be acceptable for a sweet-smelling savour: and whosoever shall slay it without, and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man, he has shed blood; that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - That the children of Israel may offer their sacrifices, all that they shall slay in the fields, and bring them to the Lord unto the doors of the tabernacle of witness to the priest, and they shall sacrifice them as a peace-offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - And a bullock and a ewe, it and its young, thou shalt not kill in one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3 - And thou shalt give her to Eleazar the priest; and they shall bring her out of the camp into a clean place, and shall kill her before his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Thy calf shall be slain before thee, and thou shalt not eat of it; thine ass shall be violently taken away from thee, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - Then they said to him, Say now [fn]Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - And they brought him before the Lord; and his father slew his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and slew the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and slew them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them to bring hither every one his calf, and every one his sheep: and let them slay it on this stone and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood: and the people brought each one that which was in his hand, and they slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - And Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew Agag before the Lord in Galgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he slew them there.

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