G4969 · σφάζω
spházō · slay, kill, wound
G4969 (spházō) is the Greek word σφάζω in Strong’s dictionary: to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently). It appears 10 times in 9 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- σφάζω (Greek)
- Transliteration
- spházō
- Derivation
- a primary verb;
- Definition
- to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)
- Rendered in the KJV
- kill, slay, wound
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
10 occurrences in 9 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “had been slain” ×2
- “was slain” ×2
- “You were slain” ×1
- “did Cain slay” ×1
- “murdered” ×1
- “to have been mortally wounded” ×1
- “to have been slain” ×1
- “to make men slay” ×1
By book
1 John 1 · Revelation 8
Verses
- 1 John 3:12
- Revelation 5:6
- Revelation 5:9
- Revelation 5:12
- Revelation 6:4
- Revelation 6:9
- Revelation 13:3
- Revelation 13:8
- Revelation 18:24
Related words
Numbers that share a root with G4969.