Lexicon sphazó: to slay, slaughter Original Word: σφάζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sphazó Phonetic Spelling: (sfad'-zo) Short Definition: I slay Definition: I slay, kill by violence, slaughter, wound mortally. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a prim. root sphag- Definitionto slay, slaughter NASB Translationslain (7), slay (2), slew (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4969: σφάζωσφάζω, Attic σφάττω: future σφάξω, Revelation 6:4 L T Tr WH; 1 aorist ἐσφαξα; passive, perfect participle ἐσφαγμένος; 2 aorist ἐσφαγην; from Homer down; the Sept. very often for שָׁחַט, to slay, slaughter, butcher: properly, ἀρνίον, Revelation 5:6, 12; Revelation 13:8; τινα, to put to death by violence (often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down), 1 John 3:12; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 6:4, 9; Revelation 18:24. κεφαλή ἐσφαγμενη εἰς θάνατον, mortally wounded ( R. V. smitten unto death), Revelation 13:3. (Compare: κατασφάζω.)
Strong's kill, slay, wound. A primary verb; to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently) -- kill, slay, wound. |
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