H2028 - הֲרֵגָה (hărêgâh)

H2028 הֲרֵגָה (hărêgâh) har-ay-gaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

(Topheth of) Slaughter

Strong's Definition

slaughter

Derivation: feminine of H2027 (הֶרֶג);

KJV Usage: slaughter.

TWOT Reference: 514b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a killing, slaughter

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4967

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

a killing, slaughter Combined with to.phet (תֹּ֫פֶת "Topheth" H8612)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

הֲרֵגָה hărêgâh BDB Definition: 1) a killing, slaughter Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2027 Same Word by TWOT Number: 514b Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (5)

7:32 12:3 19:6

11:4 11:7

Jeremiah 7:32

So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom,...... but... the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury [the dead] in Topheth until there is no more room.

Jeremiah 12:3

But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away [the wicked] like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

Jeremiah 19:6

So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom..., but... the Valley of Slaughter.

Zechariah 11:4

This is what the LORD my God says: Pasture the flock [marked] for slaughter,

Zechariah 11:7

So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other... Union, and I pastured the flock.