ΣΦΑΓΕΙΣ, σφαγεις
SPHAGEIS, sphageis
Sounds Like: sfa-GAYSS
Translations: slaughterer, executioner, sacrificer, a slaughterer, an executioner
From the root: ΣΦΑΓΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who performs a slaughter, whether of animals for sacrifice or of people as an executioner. It can also refer to a butcher or a sacrificer. It is used to describe an individual responsible for killing, often in a violent or ritualistic context.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5406 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 26:249
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 9:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΑΓΕΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΦΑΓΕΩΝ — of slaughterers, of butchers, of executioners
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