זֶבַח zevach

Hebrew word for “sacrifice” · Strong’s H2077 · used 162 times in 153 verses

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Meaning

1) sacrifice; 1a) sacrifices of righteousness;

How it is translated

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

• sacrifice 101
• sacrifices 56
• more than sacrifice 2
• some of sacrifice 1
• will be sacrifice 1
• ¿ sacrifices 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 7 (13), Numbers 7 (13), Joshua 22 (5), Leviticus 3 (4), Leviticus 4 (4), 2 Chronicles 7 (4), Leviticus 17 (3), Numbers 15 (3), Deuteronomy 12 (3), 1 Samuel 2 (3)

Forms

• זבח 60
• זבחי 19
• ולזבח 14
• זבחים 11
• מזבח 7
• לזבח 6
• מזבחי 5
• הזבח 4
• זבחיהם 4
• וזבחים 3

Words used with it

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

• שֶׁלֶם shelem “peace offering” 51
• זָבַח zavach “to sacrifice” 38
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 43
• קׇרְבָּן qorban “offering” 19
• עַתּוּד attud “goat” 15
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 20
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 19
• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 17
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 23
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 15
• חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 12
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 15

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 4:31 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for…
• Leviticus 4:35 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon…
• Deuteronomy 12:11 — Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt…
• 1 Samuel 15:22 — And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than…
• 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 40:6 — Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
• Proverbs 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Isaiah 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight…
• 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…
• Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the…
• Hosea 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, 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…

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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.