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Name of God’s Son

ἘΣΦΑΚΤΟ, ἐσφακτο

ESPHAKTO, esphakto

Sounds Like: ess-FACK-toh

Translations: was slaughtered, was slain, was sacrificed

From the root: ΣΦΑΖΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the third person singular aorist passive indicative form of the verb 'sphazō', meaning 'to slaughter' or 'to slay'. It describes an action that was completed in the past, where the subject was the recipient of the action, meaning they were slaughtered or slain. It is often used in contexts of sacrifice or violent death.

Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, 3rd Person, Singular

Strong’s number: G4969 (Lookup on BibleHub)


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Josephus' The Jewish War

From the same root

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