G4967 σφαγή
sphagḗ — butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))
KJV: slaughter
Derived from σφάζω spházō (to butcher)
Occurs 26 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Acts 8:32 — Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb…
- Romans 8:36 — Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
- Jacob 5:5 — You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
- 2 Maccabees 5:6 — But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest…
- 2 Maccabees 5:13 — Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaying of virgins and infants.
- 2 Maccabees 12:16 — Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was…