The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

σφάζω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaσφάζω
Citation formσφάζω
Part of speechverb
GlossI slay
Strong’sG4969
Transliterationspházō
Definitionto butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)
KJV glosses:--kill, slay, wound.
Derivationa primary verb
SBLGNT occurrences9

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐσφάγης
verb, second person, aorist, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2API-S--) — Revelation 5:9
ἐσφαγμένην
verb, perfect, passive, participle, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -XPPASF-) — Revelation 13:3
ἐσφαγμένον
verb, perfect, passive, participle, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT -XPPNSN-) — Revelation 5:12
verb, perfect, passive, participle, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT -XPPNSN-) — Revelation 5:6
ἐσφαγμένου
verb, perfect, passive, participle, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT -XPPGSN-) — Revelation 13:8
ἐσφαγμένων
verb, perfect, passive, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -XPPGPM-) — Revelation 18:24
verb, perfect, passive, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -XPPGPM-) — Revelation 6:9
ἔσφαξεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — 1 John 3:12
σφάξουσιν
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Revelation 6:4

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: σφαζω.