4967. sphagé
Strong's Concordance
sphagé: slaughter
Original Word: σφαγή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: sphagé
Phonetic Spelling: (sfag-ay')
Short Definition: slaughter, sacrifice
Definition: slaughter, sacrifice.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4967: σφαγή

σφαγή, σφαγῆς, (σφάζω), slaughter: Acts 8:32 (after Isaiah 53:7); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, sheep destined for slaughter (Zechariah 11:4; Psalm 43:23 ()), 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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
slaughter.

From sphazo; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)) -- slaughter.

see GREEK sphazo

Forms and Transliterations
σφαγή σφαγην σφαγήν σφαγὴν σφαγης σφαγής σφαγῆς sphagen sphagēn sphagḕn sphages sphagês sphagēs sphagē̂s
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3 Occurrences


σφαγὴν — 1 Occ.
σφαγῆς — 2 Occ.

Acts 8:32 N-AFS
GRK: πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη καὶ
NAS: AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB
KJV: a sheep to the slaughter; and like
INT: a sheep to slaughter he was led and

Romans 8:36 N-GFS
GRK: ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς
NAS: AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.
KJV: as sheep for the slaughter.
INT: as sheep of slaughter

James 5:5 N-GFS
GRK: ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς
NAS: your hearts in a day of slaughter.
KJV: in a day of slaughter.
INT: in a day of slaughter

3 Occurrences

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