ΣΦΑΓΑΙΣ, σφαγαις
SPHAGAIS, sphagais
Sounds Like: sfa-GAIS
Translations: 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
From the root: ΣΦΑΓΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of slaughter, killing, or massacre, often with a sense of violence or brutality. It can also refer to a sacrifice, particularly the killing of an animal for religious purposes, or even the victim of such an act. It is used to describe violent deaths or mass killings.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4967 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 1:8
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
- ΣΦΑΓΑΣ — slaughter, a slaughter, massacre, a massacre, carnage, a carnage, sacrifice, a sacrifice
- ΣΦΑΓΗ — slaughter, a slaughter, sacrifice, a sacrifice
- ΣΦΑΓΗΝ — slaughter, a slaughter, killing, a killing, 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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