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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 - Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - “Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11 - Slaughter it in the LORD’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - Slaughter it and take the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - Slaughter it, take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then splash blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - You are to slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and then Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - You are to lay your hand on the head of your offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash the blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 - They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25 - “Say to Aaron and his sons: ‘These are the regulations for the sin offering: The sin offering is to be slaughtered before the LORD in the place the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15 - Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19 - Then Moses slaughtered the ram and splashed the blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:8 - So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12 - Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15 - Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - He slaughtered the ox and the ram as the fellowship offering for the people. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13 - He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering[fn] and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - “Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from their uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11 - “Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household, and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - Any Israelite who sacrifices an ox,[fn] a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside of it

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD in front of the tabernacle of the LORD—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - This is so the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the LORD, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3 - Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’ ” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - They pounced on the plunder and, taking sheep, cattle and calves, they butchered them on the ground and ate them, together with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - Then he said, “Go out among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your cattle and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat them. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with blood still in it.’ ” So everyone brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel put Agag to death before the LORD at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.

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