Strong's G4969 · Greek

σφάζω

sphazo · sfad'-zo

a primary verb; to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σφάζω (G4969)

10 σφάζω [in LXX chiefly for שׁחט ;] to slay, slaughter (esp. of victims for sacrifice): ἀρνίον , Re 5:6 , 12 13:8 ; of persons, I Jo 3:12 , Re 5:9 6:4 , 9 18:24 ; ἐσφαγμένη εἰς θάνατον (RV, smitten unto death ), Re 13:3 (cf. κατα-σφάζω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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