noun · feminine
sfagas
Greekσφαγή (sfagē)
Strong’sG4967
slaughter, sacrifice
stem sfag-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σφαγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< σφάζω), [in LXX for טֶבַח, הֲרֵגָה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4967 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsfag-ay'
butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))
Fromfrom G4969;
King Jamesslaughter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sfagas | sfagais |
| object accusative | sfagan1×σφαγὴν | sfagain |
| direct address vocative | sfagar | sfagair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sfagau2×σφαγῆς | sfagaiu |
| to, for dative | sfaga | sfagai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
sfaga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
sfagan“slaughter”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 8:32“slaughter”tas de periochas tau grafau han anaginōskate ate houtas; Hōs probatem epi sfagan agita, kai hōs amnos enantion tou keiraratou auton afōnos, houtōs ouk anoigatō tem stomem autou.The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
sfagau“slaughter”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Romans 8:36“slaughtered”kathōs grafitē hoti Heneken su thanatinō holan tan hēmeran, logizina hōs probateim sfagau.As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
James 5:5“slaughter”trufava epi tau gēau kai spatalava, trefava tain kardiain vu en hēmera sfagau.You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.