noun · neuter
sfagiem
Greekσφάγιον (sfagion)
Strong’sG4968
a slaughtered victim
stem sfagi-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σφάγιον, -ου, τό
(< σφαγή), [in LXX: Am 5:25 (זֶבַח), Ez 21:10, 15, 28 (טֶבַח), Le 22:23 (נְדָבָה) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4968 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsfag'-ee-on
a victim (in sacrifice)
Fromneuter of a derivative of G4967;
King Jamesslain beast.
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 or object direct | sfagiem | sfagieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | sfagieu | sfagieiu |
| to, for dative | sfagie | sfagiei |
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
sfagie 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sfagieim1×
Acts 7:42“sacrifices”strefata de tos theos kai paradōata autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafitē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē sfagieim kai thusiain prosferava mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?