1 | Strong's Number: g4967 | Greek: sphage |
Slaughter:
is used in two quotations from the Sept., Act 8:32 from Isa 53:7, and Rom 8:36 from Psa 44:22; in the latter the quotation is set in a strain of triumph, the passage quoted being an utterance of sorrow. In Jam 5:5 there is an allusion to Jer 12:3, the luxurious rich, getting wealth by injustice, spending it on their pleasures, are "fattening themselves like sheep unconscious of their doom."
2 | Strong's Number: g2871 | Greek: kope |
Slaughter:
"a stroke" (akin to kopto, "to strike, to cut"), signifies "a smiting in battle," in Hbr 7:1. In the Sept., Gen 14:17; Deu 28:25; Jos 10:20.
3 | Strong's Number: g5408 | Greek: phonos |
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