σφαγήsphagḗ
slaughter: Acts 8:32 (LXX); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, Romans 8:36 (LXX); ἡμέρα σφαγῆς, James 5:5.
Greek (New Testament) · G4967
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Acts 8:32 The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
- Romans 8:36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)
- James 5:5 You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.