Original Word: σφαγή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: sphagé
Pronunciation: sfah-GAY
Phonetic Spelling: (sfag-ay')
KJV: slaughter
NASB: slaughter, slaughtered
Word Origin: [from G4969 (σφάζω - slain)]

1. butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice)
2. (figuratively) butchery of men (destruction)

slaughter.

From sphazo; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)) -- slaughter.

see GREEK sphazo

Word Origin
from sphazó
Definition
slaughter
NASB Translation
slaughter (2), slaughtered (1).

STRONGS NT 4967: σφαγή

σφαγή, σφαγῆς, ἡ (σφάζω), slaughter: Acts 8:32 (after Isaiah 53:7); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, sheep destined for slaughter (Zechariah 11:4; Psalm 43:23 ()), Romans 8:36; ἡμέρα σφαγῆς (Jeremiah 12:3), equivalent to day of destruction, James 5:5. (Tragg., Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for טֶבַח, הֲרֵגָה, etc.)

Forms and Transliterations

σφαγή σφαγην σφαγήν σφαγὴν σφαγης σφαγής σφαγῆς sphagen sphagēn sphagḕn sphages sphagês sphagēs sphagē̂s

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