Quick Definition
to slaughter
Strong's Definition
to slaughter (animals or men)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: kill, (make) slaughter, slay.
TWOT Reference: 786
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טָבַח (ta.vach) — to slaughter. 1) to slaughter, slay, butcher, kill ruthlessly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slaughter, butcher 1a2) to slay, kill ruthlessly (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · טֶבַח · טַבָּח · טַבָּחָה · טִבְחָה · מַטְבֵּחַ
Dead | verb qal
to kill, to slaughter, to butcher = causative action by which humans kill an animal by slicing the jugular vein and windpipe with a sharp-bladed instrument ► to prepare its meat for a meal; ≈ associated with aggression
GEN 43:16 · EXO 21:37 · DEU 28:31 · 1SA 25:11 · PRO 9:2 · JER 11:19 · JER 25:34 · JER 51:40
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[טָבַח] vb. slaughter, butcher, slay base