Quick Definition
I slaughter
Strong's Definition
to kill down, i.e. slaughter
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G4969 (σφάζω);
KJV Usage: slay
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατασφάζω (or κατασφαττόω): 1 aorist κατεσφαξα; "to kill off (cf. κατά III. 1), to slaughter": Luk_19:27. (the Sept.; Herodotus, Tragg., Xenophon, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 6, 4; Aelian v. h. 13, 2; Herodian, 5, 5, 16 (8 edition, Bekker).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατασφάζω katasphazō 1x
also spelled κατασφάττω , to slaughter, slay, Luk_19:27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -σφάζω ,
[in LXX : Zec_11:5 ( H2026 ), Eze_16:40 ( H1333 pi .), 2Ma_8:1-36 ;]
to kill off, slay: c . acc , Luk_19:27 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατασφάζω (~κατασφάττω ) [page 333]
The only citation we can furnish for this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Luk_19:27 ) is P Giss I. 82 .11 (A.D. 117) κ̣ατ [έ ]σφαξα [ν in a.much mutilated context, but apparently with the meaning zum Opfer fielen (Ed.).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-σφάζω
[in LXX: Zec.11:5 (הָרַג), Eze.16:40 (בָּתַק pi.), 2Ma.8:1-36 ;]
to kill off, slay: with accusative, Luk.19:27.†
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