Quick Definition
slaughter, sacrifice
Strong's Definition
butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))
Derivation: from G4969 (σφάζω);
KJV Usage: slaughter
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σφαγή, σφαγῆς, ἡ (σφάζω), slaughter: Act_8:32 (after Isa_53:7); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, sheep destined for slaughter (Zec_11:4; Psalm 43:23 ()), Rom_8:36; ἡμέρα σφαγῆς (Jer_12:3), equivalent to day of destruction, Jas_5:5. (Tragg., Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for θΖαΗη, δΒψΕβΘδ, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σφαγή sphagē 3x
slaughter, Act_8:32 ; Rom_8:36 ; Jas_5:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σφαγή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < σφάζω ),
[in LXX for H2873 , H2028 , etc.;]
slaughter: Act_8:32 ( LXX ); πρόβατα σφαγῆς , Rom_8:36 ( LXX ); ἡμέρα σφαγῆς , Jas_5:5 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σφαγή σφα^γή, ἡ, [Etym: σφάζω] "slaughter, butchery", in sg. and pl., Trag. , Plat. , etc.; αἵματος σφαγή the blood gushing from the wound, Aesch. ; καθάρμοσον σφαγάς close "the gaping wound", Eur. "the throat", the spot where the victim is struck (cf. Lat. jugulum, jugulari), in pl., id=Eur. , Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σφαγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(σφάζω), [in LXX for טָבַח, הֲרֵגָה, etc. ;]
slaughter: Act.8:32 (LXX); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, Rom.8:36 (LXX); ἡμέρα σφαγῆς, Jas.5:5.†
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