to slaughter

Greek, Verb

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). (AS)

to slaughter

Greek, Verb

σφάζω, [Refs 8th c.BC+] downwards, σφάττω, compare Σφαττόμενος title of play by [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect σφάδδω [Refs]: future σφάξω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσφαξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ἔσφᾰκα, known from pluperfect ἐσφάκειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, future σφᾰγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐσφάγην [ᾰ] Trag. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; less frequently ἐσφάχθην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσφαγμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—slay, slaughter, properly by cutting the throat (see. σφαγή 11)[Refs 8th c.BC+] always of cattle, μῆλ᾽ ἁδινὰ σφάζουσι καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) especially slaughter victims for sacrifice, [Refs], etc; ἔσφαζ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὤμων μόσχον cut its throat, as it hung from the servant's shoulders, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [NT+8th c.BC+] II.2) generally, slay, kill, of human victims, as Iphigeneia, Menoeceus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τινὰ ἐς τὸν κρητῆρα so that the blood ran into the bowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, σφάζεται ἐς τὸν τάφον [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) of any slaughter by knife or sword, [NT+5th c.BC+] II.4) of animals, tear by the throat, σ. ὥσπερ οἱ λύκοι τὰ πρόβατα [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.5) of any killing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.6) metaphorically, torment, τινα [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently); kill, slay, wound; a primary verb;