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Strong's #4969 - σφάζω
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- to slay, slaughter, butcher
- to put to death by violence
- mortally wounded
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σφάζω, Od. 4.320, Hdt. 2.39, E. Tr. 134 (lyr.); in Com. (Cratin. 361) and Prose, from Pl. (Grg. 468c) downwards, σφάττω, cf. Σφαττόμενος title of play by Diph., IG 22.2363.34, and ς[φά]ττετ[αι ] SIG 1024.36 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.); Boeot. σφάδδω An.Ox. 4.325: fut. σφάξω E. Heracl. 493: aor. ἔσφαξα Il. 2.422: pf. ἔσφᾰκα, known from plpf. ἐσφάκειν D.C. 73.6, (ἀπο-) 78.7: — Pass., fut. σφᾰγήσομαι E. Andr. 315, Heracl. 583, (ἀπο-) X. HG 3.1.27: aor. ἐσφάγην [ᾰ ] Trag. (A. Eu. 305, etc.) and late Prose, Plu. Publ. 4, etc.; less freq. ἐσφάχθην, Pi. P. 11.23, Hdt. 5.5, E. IT 177 (lyr., nowhere else in Trag.): pf. ἔσφαγμαι Od. 10.532, D. 23.68: —
slay, slaughter, properly by cutting the throat (v. σφαγή 11), in Hom. always of cattle, μῆλ' ἁδινὰ σφάζουσι καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς Od. 1.92, cf. 9.46, 23.305, Il. 9.467.
II esp. slaughter victims for sacrifice, 1.459, etc.; ἔσφαζ' ἐπ' ὤμων μόσχον cut its throat, as it hung from the servant's shoulders, E. El. 813; ς. παρθένου δέρην Id. Or. 1199: — Pass., Od. 10.532; ἀρνίον ἐσφαγμένον Revelation 5:6.
2. generally, slay, kill, of human victims, as Iphigeneia, Menoeceus, Pi. P. 11.23, E. Ph. 913, cf. A. Ag. 1433, Ch. 904; ς. τινὰ ἐς τὸν κρητῆρα so that the blood ran into the bowl, Hdt. 3.11: — Pass., σφάζεται ἐς τὸν τάφον Id. 5.5; πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς A. Eu. 305.
3. of any slaughter by knife or sword, Hdt. 5.25, 7.107; ς. ἑαυτόν Th. 2.92; ς. καὶ ἐκδέρειν Pl. Euthd. 301c; τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφόν PMag.Osl. 1.5, cf. 1 John 3:12.
4. of animals, tear by the throat, ς. ὥσπερ οἱ λύκοι τὰ πρόβατα Arist. HA 612b2.
5. of any killing, BGU 388 ii 21 (ii A.D.), OGI 697 (Egypt), Sammelb. 7436.7 (vi A.D.), Gloss.
6. metaph., torment, τινα POxy. 259.33 (i A.D.).
σφάζω, Attic σφάττω: future σφάξω, Revelation 6:4 L T Tr WH; 1 aorist ἐσφαξα; passive, perfect participle ἐσφαγμένος; 2 aorist ἐσφαγην; from Homer down; the Sept. very often for שָׁחַט, to slay, slaughter, butcher: properly, ἀρνίον, Revelation 5:6, 12; Revelation 13:8; τινα, to put to death by violence (often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down), 1 John 3:12; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 6:4, 9; Revelation 18:24. κεφαλή ἐσφαγμενη εἰς θάνατον, mortally wounded (R. V. smitten unto death), Revelation 13:3. (Compare: κατασφάζω.)
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σφάζω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7819;]
to slay, slaughter (esp. of victims for sacrifice): ἀρνίον , Revelation 5:6; Revelation 5:12; Revelation 13:8; of persons, 1 John 3:12, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 6:4; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 18:24; ἐσφαγμένη εἰς θάνατον (RV, smitten unto death), Revelation 13:3 (cf. κατα -σφάζω ).†
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";a group of four,"; applied to soldiers In Acts 12:4, has reference to days in the heathen amulet BGU III. 956 (c. iii/A.D.) ἐξορκίζω ὑμᾶς. . ἀπὸ πα [ν ]τὸς. . πυρετοῦ. . ἡμερι <νοῦ > ἢ τετρ [α ]δ <ί >ο <υ >, and to sheets of parchment in P Oxy XVII. 2156.10 (iv/v A.D.) τὴν διφθέραν [τ ]ῶν μεμβρανῶν ἐν τετραδίοις εἰκ [οσ ]ιπέντε, ";the skin of parchments in twenty-five quaternions"; (Ed.).
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