זָבַח zavach

Hebrew word for “to sacrifice” · Strong’s H2076 · used 134 times in 127 verses

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Meaning

1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice;

How it is translated

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

• sacrificed 32
• will sacrifice 26
• sacrifice 23
• sacrificing 17
• one who sacrifices 5
• us sacrifice 4
• have sacrificed 3
• slaughtered 3
• must sacrifice 2
• will slaughter 2
• those who sacrifice 2
• who was sacrificing 2

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 8 (6), Deuteronomy 16 (4), Exodus 5 (3), 1 Samuel 1 (3), 1 Samuel 2 (3), 1 Kings 1 (3), 1 Kings 3 (3), 1 Kings 8 (3), 2 Chronicles 33 (3), Leviticus 17 (2)

Forms

• ויזבח 17
• ויזבחו 15
• לזבח 14
• זבח 10
• מזבחים 9
• יזבחו 7
• זבחים 6
• תזבחו 6
• תזבח 5
• זבחו 4

Words used with it

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

• זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 38
• קָטַר qatar “to offer” 15
• בָּמָה bamah “high place” 14
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 15
• צֹאן tson “flock” 16
• שֶׁלֶם shelem “peace offering” 12
• רַק raq “except” 10
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 16
• תּוֹדָה todah “thanksgiving” 7
• שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 8
• קָרָא qara “to call” 13
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 13

Key verses

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

• Exodus 3:18 — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the…
• Exodus 20:24 — An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places…
• Exodus 34:15 — Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and…
• Nehemiah 12:43 — Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the…
• Psalms 27:6 — And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will…
• Psalms 50:14 — Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
• Psalms 50:23 — Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
• Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
• Ezekiel 20:28 — For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and…
• Hosea 8:13 — They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their…
• Hosea 13:2 — And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the…
• Malachi 1:14 — But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of…

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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.