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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slay.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SLAYING

sla'-ing (by spear, dart, or sword).

See PUNISHMENTS.

Greek

336. anairesis -- a taking up, a destroying, slaying
... a taking up, a destroying, slaying. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
anairesis Phonetic Spelling: (an-ah'-ee-res-is) Short Definition: killing ...
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337. anaireo -- to take up, take away, make an end
... away, make an end NASB Word Usage do away (1), executed (1), kill (4), killed (2),
put...to death (8), put to death (3), slain (1), slay (3), slaying (1), slew ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7821b. shechitah -- (act of) slaying
... (act of) slaying. Transliteration: shechitah Short Definition: slaughter. Word Origin
from shachat Definition (act of) slaying NASB Word Usage slaughter (1). ...
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5221. nakah -- to smite
... 2), shoot (1), shot (1), slain (11), slapped (1), slaughter (1), slaughtered (1),
slaughtering (2), slay (5), slayer (1), slayers (1), slaying (1), slays (1 ...
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Library

How the Philistines Made Another Expedition against the Hebrews ...
... CHAPTER 9. How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The Hebrews Under
The Reign Of Saul; And How They Were Overcome By David's Slaying Goliath In ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how the philistines.htm

Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses.
... OF ANTICHRIST, AND HIS RUIN: AND OF THE SLAYING THE WITNESSES. BY JOHN BUNYAN.
PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE EDITOR. This important treatise ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/of antichrist and his ruin .htm

To Brother William of England of the Hermit Brothers of St. ...
... harsh penance; and that the flesh may not rebel against the reason, they have placed
all their desire rather on mortifying their body than on slaying their self ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother william of england.htm

Whether it is Lawful to Kill the Innocent?
... it is unlawful to kill any man, since in every man though he be sinful, we ought
to love the nature which God has made, and which is destroyed by slaying him. ...
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From Jezreel to Horeb
... With the slaying of the prophets of Baal, the way was opened for carrying forward
a mighty spiritual reformation among the ten tribes of the northern kingdom. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 12 from jezreel to.htm

Whether a Suitable Cause Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies which ...
... Moreover the slaying of the animals signified the destruction of sins: and also
that man deserved death on account of his sins; as though those animals were ...
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Spiritual Sacrifices
... mercies of God, that ye present'"which is a technical word for a priest's
action"'your bodies a living sacrifice,' in contrast with the slaying, which was ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/spiritual sacrifices.htm

Acts xii. 1, 2
... kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him."
(v.5.) For the contest was now for life and death: both the slaying of the ...
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A Life Lost and Found [Footnote: Preached after the Funeral of Mr. ...
... For the true losing of life is the slaying of self, and that has to be done day
by day, and not once for all, in some supreme act of surrender at the end, or ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/a life lost and found.htm

How Far Christians Ought to be from Boasting, if they have done ...
... notwithstanding that his son was victorious, lest there should be more evil in the
example of authority despised, than good in the glory of slaying an enemy ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 18 how far christians ought.htm

Thesaurus

Slaying (21 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SLAYING. sla'-ing (by spear, dart, or sword).
See PUNISHMENTS. Multi-Version Concordance Slaying (21 Occurrences). ...
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Slaughtering (14 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, even in the wilderness wherein they pursued them ...
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Punishments (31 Occurrences)
... 30:32, 33), making perfume for private use (Exodus 30:38), general neglect of
purification (Numbers 19:13, 20), not bringing offering after slaying a beast for ...
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Crimes (22 Occurrences)
... The law distinguished between unpremeditated and premeditated slaying,
pronouncing a curse upon the latter (Deuteronomy 27:25). ...
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Crime (45 Occurrences)
... The law distinguished between unpremeditated and premeditated slaying,
pronouncing a curse upon the latter (Deuteronomy 27:25). ...
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Slays (7 Occurrences)

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Slayeth (28 Occurrences)

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Levites (267 Occurrences)
... when they are tested by reference to Ezekiel and Chronicles, Ezekiel 44:9-14 seems
to demand of the Levites some service as gatekeepers, the slaying of burnt ...
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Priests (451 Occurrences)
... when they are tested by reference to Ezekiel and Chronicles, Ezekiel 44:9-14 seems
to demand of the Levites some service as gatekeepers, the slaying of burnt ...
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Quench (14 Occurrences)
... 4; Jeremiah 21:12). Quenching the coal or the light of Israel may mean slaying
a dear one or a brilliant leader. In the New Testament ...
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Bible Concordance

Slaying (21 Occurrences)

Acts 22:20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'
(See NAS)

Ephesians 2:16 thus effecting peace, and to reconcile Jews and Gentiles in one body to God, by means of His cross--slaying by it their mutual enmity.
(WEY)

Exodus 4:23 and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and -- thou dost refuse to send him away -- lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.'
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 32:25 Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
(See JPS)

Joshua 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Joshua 10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Judges 9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

1 Samuel 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on slaying one another.
(DBY)

1 Samuel 18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 19:5 for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see it, and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause?
(DBY)

1 Kings 11:24 and gathereth unto himself men, and is head of a troop in David's slaying them, and they go to Damascus, and dwell in it, and reign in Damascus;
(YLT)

1 Kings 17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

1 Kings 18:13 Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
(YLT)

Isaiah 22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 27:7 As the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?
(YLT)

Isaiah 57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
(KJV DBY WBS)

Lamentations 3:43 Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 26:15 Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Do not -- from the noise of thy fall, In the groaning of the wounded, In the slaying of the slaughter in thy midst, The isles shake?
(YLT)

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.
(YLT)

Habakkuk 1:17 Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Slaying

Related Terms

Slaughtering (14 Occurrences)

Punishments (31 Occurrences)

Crimes (22 Occurrences)

Crime (45 Occurrences)

Slays (7 Occurrences)

Slayeth (28 Occurrences)

Levites (267 Occurrences)

Priests (451 Occurrences)