σφάζωspházō

Meanings

Same root

• σφαγήsphagḗ · G4967butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))
• πρόσφατοςprósphatos · G4372previously (recently) slain (fresh), i.e. (figuratively) lately made
• κατασφάττωkataspháttō · G2695to kill down, i.e. slaughter

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

• 1 John 3:12 We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.
• Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth.
• Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
• Revelation 5:12 And they sang in a mighty chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”
• Revelation 6:4 Then another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere.
• Revelation 6:9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony.