Bible Dictionary: Slayer

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life.

Greek

409. androphonos -- a manslayer
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: androphonos Phonetic Spelling:
(an-drof-on'-os) Short Definition: a murderer Definition: a murderer, man-slayer ...
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443. anthropoktonos -- a manslayer
... of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anthropoktonos Phonetic Spelling:
(anth-ro-pok-ton'-os) Short Definition: a murderer Definition: a murderer, man-slayer. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2026. harag -- to kill, slay
... once (1), killed (58), killing (3), kills (2), murdered (2), murderer (1), murderers
(1), occurs (1), slain (16), slaughter (1), slay (14), slayer (2), slays (2 ...
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5221. nakah -- to smite
... 1), pin (2), ruined (2), shoot (1), shot (1), slain (11), slapped (1), slaughter
(1), slaughtered (1), slaughtering (2), slay (5), slayer (1), slayers (1 ...
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Library

The Cities of Refuge
... Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof
I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3. That the slayer that killeth ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the cities of refuge.htm

The Cities of Refuge.
... To guard against the innocent thus suffering, God commanded that "cities of refuge"
should be appointed, to which the slayer might flee, "which killeth any ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/the cities of refuge.htm

Whether Christ Opened the Gate of Heaven to us by his Passion?
... entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption." And this is
foreshadowed (Num.35:25, 28), where it is said that the slayer* "shall abide ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ opened the gate.htm

The Kinsman Redeemer
... If wilful murder was proved, the murderer was given up to the Goel for retribution;
if death had been by misadventure, the slayer was kept in the city of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the kinsman redeemer.htm

The Apology of Aristides as it is Preserved in the History of ...
... by fire and so died. Now how should he be a god, who was drunk and a slayer
of children and burned to death? or how will he come ...
/.../kay/the apology of aristides the philosopher/the apology of aristides as.htm

Three Homilies. On Our Lord.
... ancient vine; and new life dwelt in her, that when Death should come confidently
after his custom to feed upon mortal fruits, the life that is slayer of death ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/three homilies on our lord.htm

The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus
... Title Page. THE CITIES OF REFUGE. [Illustration: The Man-Slayer]. OR,. The
Name of Jesus. A SUNDAY BOOK FOR THE YOUNG. BY. REV. JOHN ...
/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/title page.htm

This Affection the Martyrs of Christ Contending for the Truth did ...
... God was able, no doubt, (even as He permitted not the lion when it had slain the
Prophet, to touch his body further, and of a slayer made it to be a keeper ...
/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /10 this affection the martyrs.htm

What Then, if a Homicide Seek Refuge with a Christian...
... or if he see where the homicide have taken refuge, and be questioned of this matter
by him who seeks, in order to bring to punishment a man, the slayer of man? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 22 what then if.htm

Demonstration xxii. --Of Death and the Latter Times.
... 4. And when Jesus, the slayer of Death, came, and clothed Himself in a Body from
the seed of Adam, and was crucified in His Body, and tasted death; and when ...
/.../aphrahat/aphrahat select demonstrations/demonstration xxii of death and the.htm

Thesaurus

Slayer (23 Occurrences)
...Slayer (23 Occurrences). ... 2 Kings 9:31 And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith,
'Was there peace 'to' Zimri -- slayer of his lord?' (YLT). ...
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Man-slayer (20 Occurrences)
Man-slayer. Manslayer, Man-slayer. Manslayers . Multi-Version
Concordance Man-slayer (20 Occurrences). John 8:44 Ye ...
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Killeth (23 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that
the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. ...
/k/killeth.htm - 13k

Unwittingly (17 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer who shall flee thither that
he may live: he that smiteth his neighbour unwittingly, whom he hated not ...
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Ignorantly (8 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that
he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in ...
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Fleeing (38 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:6 And the cities which ye give to the Levites 'are' the six cities of
refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides ...
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Revenger (5 Occurrences)
... (KJV). Numbers 35:24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and
the revenger of blood according to these judgments: (KJV). ...
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Heretofore (25 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 4:42 for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour
unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto ...
/h/heretofore.htm - 15k

Thither (119 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that
the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. ...
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Hating (95 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 4:42 for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour
unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto ...
/h/hating.htm - 33k

Bible Concordance

Slayer (23 Occurrences)

Genesis 4:15 And Jehovah saith to him, 'Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
(YLT)

Numbers 35:11 then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 35:24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
(KJV WBS NAS RSV)

Numbers 35:25 and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 35:26 "'But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 35:27 and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 35:28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 4:42 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 19:3 You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 19:4 This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 19:6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 20:3 that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 20:5 If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn't hate him before.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 20:6 He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.'"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 21:13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 21:21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 21:27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 21:32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 9:31 And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, 'Was there peace 'to' Zimri -- slayer of his lord?'
(YLT)

Ezekiel 21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 28:9 Dost thou really say, 'I 'am' God,' Before him who is slaying thee? And thou 'art' man, and not God, In the hand of him who is piercing thee.
(See NAS)

Hosea 9:13 Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
(See JPS ASV DBY YLT NIV)

Subtopics

Slayer

Related Terms

Man-slayer (20 Occurrences)

Killeth (23 Occurrences)

Unwittingly (17 Occurrences)

Ignorantly (8 Occurrences)

Fleeing (38 Occurrences)

Revenger (5 Occurrences)

Heretofore (25 Occurrences)

Thither (119 Occurrences)

Hating (95 Occurrences)