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4967 - sphagé

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Strong's Concordance

Original word: σφαγή
Transliteration: sphagé
Definition (short): slaughter
Definition (full): slaughter

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from sphazó
Definition: slaughter
NASB Translation: slaughter (2), slaughtered (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From sphazo; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)) -- slaughter.

see GREEK sphazo

References

Strong's 4967: 3 Occurrences
KJV: 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:
NASB: Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH.
KJV: As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
NASB: Just as it is written, "FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED."
KJV: Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
NASB: You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.