Biblical Greek

greek #4967 - σφαγή, ῆς, ἡ sphagé (slaughter)

Original Word:	σφαγή, ῆς, ἡ
Transliteration:	sphagé
Definition:	slaughter
Part of Speech:	Noun, Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(sfag-ay')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

slaughter.

From sphazo; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction)) -- slaughter.

see GREEK sphazo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 4967: σφαγή

σφαγή, σφαγῆς, ἡ (σφάζω), slaughter: Acts 8:32 (after Isaiah 53:7); πρόβατασφαγῆς, sheep destined for slaughter (Zechariah 11:4; Psalm 43:23 ()), Romans 8:36; ἡμέρασφαγῆς (Jeremiah 12:3), equivalent to day of destruction, James 5:5. (Tragg., Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for טֶבַח, הֲרֵגָה, etc.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 4967. σφαγή (sphagé) — 3 Occurrences

Acts 8:32 - N-AFS
GRK:πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη καὶ
NAS: AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB
KJV: a sheep to the slaughter; and like
INT: a sheep to slaughter he was led and

Romans 8:36 - N-GFS
GRK:ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς
NAS: AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.
KJV: as sheep for the slaughter.
INT: as sheep of slaughter

James 5:5 - N-GFS
GRK:ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς
NAS: your hearts in a day of slaughter.
KJV: in a day of slaughter.
INT: in a day of slaughter

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