# G4967 σφαγή

σφαγή (sphagḗ), Strong’s G4967: butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)) KJV: slaughter. Occurs 26 times.

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*sphagḗ* — butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))

KJV: slaughter

Derived from [σφάζω spházō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4969) (to butcher)

Occurs 26 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 8:32](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/8?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/8?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/jacob/5?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/5?v=6) — But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest…
- [2 Maccabees 5:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/5?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/12?v=16) — Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was…