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σφάζω

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Gloss: to slaughter

Transliteration: sphazō

Strong’s: G4969

σφάζω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַט ;]
to slay, slaughter (esp. of victims for sacrifice): ἀρνίον, Rev.5:6, 12 13:8; of persons, 1Jn.3:12, Rev.5:9 6:4, 9 18:24; ἐσφαγμένη εἰς θάνατον (RV, smitten unto death), Rev.13:3 (cf. κατα-σφάζω).†
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