G4967 σφαγή

Strong's Greek Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

σφαγή

sphagḗ

Definition

butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))

KJV Renderings

slaughter

Derivation / Etymology

from G4969 (σφάζω);

KJV Verses (3)

Acts 8:32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Romans 8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.