Slaughter
טֶ֫בַחStrong’s H2874tevach (te-vach)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tevach is the Hebrew word usually translated “slaughter”, “slaughtering her” and “slaughtering”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.”
Meaning
- Slaughter, slaughtering, animalslaughtering, slaughter (of animals) · slaughter (fig.)
How it's translated
- to the slaughter 4
- a slaughter 2
- slaughter 1
- slaughtering her 1
- to slaughter 1
- and a slaughter 1
- for slaughtering 1
- for slaughter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 4
- Ezekiel 3
- Proverbs 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Genesis 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
- Proverbs 9:2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
- Isaiah 34:2For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
- Isaiah 34:6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
- Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- Isaiah 65:12Therefore will I number 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 did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Hebrew dictionary
טֶ֫בַח tevach · slaughter
1) slaughter, slaughtering, animal 1a) slaughtering, slaughter (of animals) 1b) slaughter (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.