Slaughter
σφαγήStrong’s G4967sphagē
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sphagē is the Greek word usually translated “slaughter”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:”
Meaning
Usually translated “slaughter”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of slaughter 2
- slaughter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- James 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
σφαγή sphagē · slaughter
σφαγή, -ῆς, ἡ (σφάζω), [in LXX for טָבַח, הֲרֵגָה, etc. ;] slaughter: Act.8:32 (LXX); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, Rom.8:36 (LXX); ἡμέρα σφαγῆς, Jas.5:5.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “slaughter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SLAUGHTER, noun
slaw'ter [See Slay.]
- In a general sense, a killing.
- Applied to beasts, butchery; a killing of oxen or other beasts for market.
All definitions and other forms of “slaughter”
SLAUGHTER, verb transitive
slaw'ter.
- To kill; to slay; to make great destruction of life; as, to slaughter men in battle.
- To butcher; to kill for the market; as beasts.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.