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Strong's G4967 σφαγή (sphage)

Sphage means “slaughter” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4967 — methushael (“Methusael”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4967
Language Greek
Linked Usages 28
Books 13

Strong's G4967 Quick Answer

Strong's G4967 σφαγή (sphage) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sphage (sfag-ay') n. 1. butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice) 2. (figuratively) butchery of men (destruction) It has 28 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include slaughter. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
sphage (sfag-ay') n. 1. butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice) 2. (figuratively) butchery of men (destruction)
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
slaughter

Meaning and Definition

sphage (sfag-ay') n. 1. butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice) 2. (figuratively) butchery of men (destruction) [from G4969] KJV: slaughter Root(s): G4969

Original Word
σφαγή
Transliteration
sphage
Derivation
Root: σφάζω R1: 4969
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4967. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

slaughter

Usage: σφαγή, -ῆς, ἡ (σφάζω), [in LXX for טָבַח, הֲרֵגָה, etc. ;] slaughter: Act.8:32 (LXX); πρόβατα σφαγῆς, Rom.8:36 (LXX); ἡμέρα σφαγῆς, Jas.5:5.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4967 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sphage, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

slaughter Acts 8:32

How Strong's G4967 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 20 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4967 (σφαγή) appears 25 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4967 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4967 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 8:32 KJV

The 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 8:36 KJV

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

James 5:5 KJV

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Strong's G4967 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

20 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Job 10:16 Septuagint / Brenton

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; For again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

Job 21:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Let his eyes see his own destruction, And let him not be saved by the Lord.

Job 27:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: And if they grow up, they shall beg.

Strong's G4967 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 5:6 Septuagint / Brenton

but Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.

2 Maccabees 5:13 Septuagint / Brenton

Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.

2 Maccabees 12:16 Septuagint / Brenton

and took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.

Strong's G4967 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 16:1 Septuagint / Brenton

From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be

1 Enoch 98:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom, And they shall perish thereby together with their possessions; And with all their glory and their splendour, And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution, Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4967.

Job 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; For again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;
Job 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let his eyes see his own destruction, And let him not be saved by the Lord.
Job 27:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: And if they grow up, they shall beg.
Psalms 43:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are counted as sheep for slaughter.
Proverbs 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that as an ox is led to the slaughter, And as a dog to bonds, Or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
Isaiah 34:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the wrath of the Lord is upon all nations, and his anger upon the number of them, to destroy them, and give them up to slaughter.
Isaiah 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is glutted with fat, with the blood of goats and lambs, and with the fat of goats and rams: for the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in Edom.
Isaiah 53:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he, because of his affliction, opens not his mouth: he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.
Isaiah 65:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will deliver you up to the sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spoke, and ye refused to hear; and ye did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.
Jeremiah 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou, Lord, knowest me; thou hast proved my heart before thee; purify them for the day of their slaughter.
Jeremiah 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will punish them with four kinds of death, saith the Lord, the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.
Jeremiah 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when this place shall no more be called, The fall and burial place of the son of Hinnom, but, The burial place of slaughter.
Jeremiah 27:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.
Jeremiah 28:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.
Jeremiah 31:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moab is ruined, even his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.
Jeremiah 32:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice rams.
Ezekiel 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering.
Obadiah 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of the slaughter and the sin committed against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.
Zechariah 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;
Zechariah 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Canaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.
Acts 8:32 New Testament, KJV
The 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 8:36 New Testament, KJV
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
James 5:5 New Testament, KJV
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
2 Maccabees 5:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
but Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.
2 Maccabees 5:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
2 Maccabees 12:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.
1 Enoch 16:1 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be
1 Enoch 98:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom, And they shall perish thereby together with their possessions; And with all their glory and their splendour, And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution, Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4967, grouped by book.

Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4967 FAQ

What does sphage (σφαγή) mean?

Sphage (Strong's G4967) is a Greek word most simply glossed "slaughter". sphage (sfag-ay') n. 1. butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice) 2. (figuratively) butchery of men (destruction)

How many times is sphage (σφαγή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's G4967 across 13 books.

Where can I study sphage (σφαγή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4967 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate sphage (σφαγή)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as slaughter. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4967 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 20 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4967, with linked reader references where each row is available.