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Lexicon :: Strong's G4967 - sphagē

Aa
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)
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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 BoxJob 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 -
And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion;
And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 -
Let his own eyes see his destruction,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 -
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22 -
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 -
He goeth after her straightway,
As an ox goeth to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 - For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 - I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6 - therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 - Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:40 - I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
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