Strong’s G4967 · Greek
σφαγή
sphagḗ · sfag-ay'
Origin from σφάζω (G4969);
Meaning butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))
In the King James Version slaughter.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 8:32The 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:
- Romans 8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.