Smith's Bible Dictionary
Manslayerone who kills another unintentionally, and is thus distinguished from a murderer, who kills with malice aforethought. The cases of manslaughter mentioned in Scripture appear to be a sufficient indication of the intention of the lawgiver.
- Death by a blow in a sudden quarrel. (Numbers 35:22)
- Death by a stone or missile thrown at random. Ibid. (Numbers 35:22,23)
- By the blade of an axe flying from its handle. (19:5) In all these and the like cases the manslayer was allowed to retire to a city of refuge. A thief overtaken at night in the act of stealing might lawfully be put to death, but if the sun had risen the killing him was to be regarded as murder. (Exodus 22:2,8)
ATS Bible Dictionary
ManslayerSee REFUGE, CITIES OF.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
One who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to flee to a city of refuge (
Numbers 35:6, 12, 22, 23), his compulsory residence in which terminated with the death of the high priest. (see
CITY OF REFUGE.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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n.) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MANSLAYERman'-sla-er (meratstseach, from ratsach (Numbers 35:6, 12); androphonos (1 Timothy 1:9)): A term employed with reference to both premeditated and accidental or justifiable killing. In the latter case, an asylum was granted (Numbers 35:6, 12) until the death of the high priest, after which the slayer was allowed to "return into the land of his possession" (Numbers 35:28). The cases in which the manslayer was to be held clearly immune from the punishment imposed on willful killing were:
(1) death by a blow in a sudden quarrel (Numbers 35:22);
(2) death by anything thrown at random (Numbers 35:22, 23);
(3) death by the blade of an axe flying from the handle (Deuteronomy 19:5).
Among the cases in which one would be held responsible for the death of another, is to be counted the neglectful act of building a house without a parapet (Deuteronomy 22:8).
Manslaughter, as a modern legal term, is employed to distinguish unpremeditated killing from coldblooded murder, but formerly (2 Esdras 1:26) it was used in a more general sense.
See MURDER.
Frank E. Hirsch
Greek
409. androphonos -- a manslayer ... a
manslayer. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: androphonos Phonetic
Spelling: (an-drof-on'-os) Short Definition: a murderer Definition: a murderer
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/409.htm - 6k443. anthropoktonos -- a manslayer
... a manslayer. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anthropoktonos Phonetic
Spelling: (anth-ro-pok-ton'-os) Short Definition: a murderer Definition: a ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7523. ratsach -- to murder, slay... ratsach. 7524 . to murder, slay. Transliteration: ratsach Phonetic Spelling:
(raw-tsakh') Short Definition:
manslayer.
... put to death, kill,
manslayer, murderer.
... /hebrew/7523.htm - 6kLibrary
Rom. Ix. 1
... For if we do not look narrowly into the causes, we shall call Elijah a manslayer,
and Abraham not a manslayer only, but a murderer of his son. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xvi rom ix 1.htm
The Gospel Refuge.
... If you read the Bible account, you will find that the manslayer had his liberty
restored to him upon the death of the High Priest.[57] When the tidings of the ...
/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/iii the gospel refuge.htm
The Believer a New Creature
... The city of refuge no sooner received the manslayer than he was perfectly
free from the avenger who pursued him. Once within the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 15 1869/the believer a new creature.htm
Two Fortresses
... and catch up their children in their arms, and set their wives upon their mules,
and make all haste to some fortified place; or as when the manslayer in Israel ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/two fortresses.htm
John Chapter viii. 37-47
... Abraham was no manslayer. ... From the very time that murder [manslaughter] could
possibly be committed, he was a murderer [manslayer]. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xlii john chapter viii.htm
When travelling lately through the Simplon
... Retreats," I could not help being reminded of the wonderful Cities of Refuge which
God graciously provided of old in Palestine for the unfortunate manslayer. ...
/.../the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/i when travelling lately through.htm
In Him: Like Him
... that makes us Christians: by union with him as our life we truly live,"live in the
favour of God."We are in Christ, dear brethren, as the manslayer was in ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 29 1883/in him like him.htm
What Then, if a Homicide Seek Refuge with a Christian...
... knowest and hast seen? Art thou then prepared to bear false witness, and to
slay thy soul that a manslayer may not be slain? Or, up to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 22 what then if.htm
The Heathen, who have not a Full Revelation of the Truth...
... suffer for their crime, drives the unwilling gladiator to the murderous deed with
rods and scourges; and one who demands the lion for every manslayer of deeper ...
/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xxi the heathen who.htm
The Power of Christ's Resurrection
... them but dung (no more than offals thrown out to dogs) so that I may win, (or have
a saving interest in) Christ, and be found in him( as the manslayer in the ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/the power of christs resurrection.htm
Thesaurus
Manslayer (20 Occurrences)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
MANSLAYER. man
... See MURDER. Frank E. Hirsch.
Multi-Version Concordance
Manslayer (20 Occurrences). Numbers
.../m/manslayer.htm - 15kSlayer (23 Occurrences)
... (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. ...
/s/slayer.htm - 13k
Accused (29 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:12 The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the
manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment. ...
/a/accused.htm - 15k
Refuge (111 Occurrences)
... instituted. Open highways were to be maintained along, which the manslayer
might have an unobstructed course to the city gate. 3 ...
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Avenger (18 Occurrences)
... refuge (Exodus 21:13; Numbers 35:13; Deuteronomy 19:1, 9). These were in different
parts of the country, and every facility was afforded the manslayer that he ...
/a/avenger.htm - 17k
Unintentionally (20 Occurrences)
... 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. (See NAS). ...
/u/unintentionally.htm - 12k
Kills (38 Occurrences)
... 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. (WEB RSV). ...
/k/kills.htm - 17k
Murder (41 Occurrences)
... Ho 6:9); phoneus, "criminal homicide," from phoneuo, "to kill," "slay"; phonos,
from pheno, has the same meaning; anthropoktonos, "manslayer," "murderer," is ...
/m/murder.htm - 24k
Aforethought (5 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
/a/aforethought.htm - 8k
Malice (24 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
/m/malice.htm - 15k
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