σφάζω sphazō

Greek word for “to slaughter” · Strong’s G4969 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

σφάζω; to slay, slaughter (esp.

How it is translated

Glosses given for sphazō in context, with how often each is used:

• slain 7
• slew 1
• slayed 1
• will slay 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 5 (3), Revelation 6 (2), Revelation 13 (2), 1 John 3 (1), Revelation 18 (1)

Forms

• ἔσφαξεν 2
• ἐσφαγμένον 2
• ἐσφαγμένων 2
• ἐσφάγης 1
• σφάξουσιν 1
• ἐσφαγμένην 1
• ἐσφαγμένου 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sphazō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γῆ gē “earth” 5
• ἀρνίον arnion “lamb” 3
• σφραγίς sphragis “seal” 2
• βιβλίον biblion “scroll” 2
• ἄξιος axios “worthy” 2
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 3
• ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 2
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 2
• μέγας megas “great” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 2

Key verses

The verses using sphazō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 John 3:12 — Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
• Revelation 5:6 — And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns…
• Revelation 5:9 — And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy…
• Revelation 5:12 — Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
• Revelation 6:4 — And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another:…
• Revelation 6:9 — And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
• Revelation 13:3 — And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
• Revelation 13:8 — And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Revelation 18:24 — And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.