ΣΦΑΓΗΝ, σφαγην
SPHAGĒN, sphagēn
Sounds Like: SPHAH-gayn
Translations: slaughter, a slaughter, killing, a killing, sacrifice, a sacrifice
From the root: ΣΦΑΓΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the accusative singular form of the Greek noun ΣΦΑΓΗ. It refers to the act of slaughter, killing, or sacrifice, often implying a violent or ritualistic death. It is used when the noun is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4967 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 98:3
Barnabus
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 16:7
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 7:22
- Job — 10:16, 27:14
- Isaiah — 34:2, 53:7
- Jeremiah — 27:27, 28:40
- Obadiah — 1:10
- Acts of the Apostles — 8:32
- Epistle of Barnabas — 5:2, 8:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 13:232, 13:233
- Book 2 — 3:22
- Book 6 — 7:136
- Book 9 — 5:95
- Book 17 — 9:237, 11:313
- Book 18 — 9:359
- Book 19 — 1:121, 2:199
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms of Solomon — 8:1
- Proverbs — 7:22
- Job — 10:16, 21:20, 27:14
- Isaiah — 34:2, 53:7
- Jeremiah — 15:3, 27:27, 28:40, 31:15, 32:20
- Ezekiel — 21:15
- Obadiah — 1:10
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 8:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΑΓΗ.
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.
- ΣΦΑΓΑΙ — slaughter, a slaughter, massacre, a massacre, carnage, a carnage
- ΣΦΑΓΑΙΣ — to slaughter, to a slaughter, to killing, to a killing, to massacre, to a massacre, to sacrifice, to a sacrifice, to victim, to a victim
- ΣΦΑΓΑΣ — slaughter, a slaughter, massacre, a massacre, carnage, a carnage, sacrifice, a sacrifice
- ΣΦΑΓΗ — slaughter, a slaughter, sacrifice, a sacrifice
- ΣΦΑΓΗΣ — of slaughter, of sacrifice, of a slaughter, of a sacrifice
- ΣΦΑΓΙΑ — sacrifices, slaughtered animals, victims
- ΣΦΑΓ‾Η‾ — slaughter, a slaughter, massacre, a massacre, slaying, a slaying
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