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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

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Strong's Number G4969 matches the Greek σφάζω (sphazō),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in the TR Greek.

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