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Lexicon :: Strong's G4969 - sphazō

Aa
σφάζω
Transliteration
sphazō (Key)
Pronunciation
sfad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
Dictionary Aids

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 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for the men shall dine with me at noon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11 - And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - And he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: 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 upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25 - Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before Jehovah: it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - In the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the trespass-offering; and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle upon 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 the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:19 - And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:8 - So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:12 - And he slew the burnt-offering; and Aaron’s sons delivered unto him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15 - And he presented the people’s oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons delivered unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - and the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:13 - and he shall kill the he-lamb in the place where they kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary: for as the sin-offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass-offering: it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - and he shall kill one of the birds 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 hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11 - And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an oblation unto Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah: blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3 - And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - And they slew the bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them 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 say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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