G4967

σφαγή

sphagē

Feminine noun · From σφάζω (G4969)

From G4969; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)):—slaughter.

Outline

slaughter

of sheep destined for slaughter
of day of destruction

Usages

Acts 8:32

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

Quoting Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

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Romans 8:36

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Quoting Psalms 44:22

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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James 5:5

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

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