{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G4967",
  "lemma": "σφαγή",
  "transliteration": "sphagḗ",
  "definition": "butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))",
  "kjv": "slaughter",
  "occurrences": 26,
  "language": "Greek",
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    {
      "id": "G4969",
      "lemma": "σφάζω",
      "transliteration": "spházō",
      "meaning": "to butcher",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Acts 8:32",
      "text": "Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/8?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 8:36",
      "text": "Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/8?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jacob 5:5",
      "text": "You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/jacob/5?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 5:6",
      "text": "But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 5:13",
      "text": "Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaying of virgins and infants.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/5?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 12:16",
      "text": "Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/12?v=16"
    }
  ],
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