σφαγή (sfagή) — slaughter / killing / day of condemnation

Notes: It is possible that κατασφάζω is somewhat more emphatic in connotation than σφάζω.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: σφαγή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: σφάζω

Sense 1: slaughter, killing

Semantic entry: 20.72

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Kill

Definition: slaughtering, either of animals or persons; in contexts referring to persons, the implication is of violence and mercilessness{N:001}

Show passage in OET: ACT 8:32

OET-RV ACT 8:32

32 Now the particular passage that he was reading was this:
⇔ ‘He was led away like a sheep being led to the slaughterhouse,
⇔ and stayed as silent as a lamb being shorn
⇔ so he never opened his mouth.

OET-LV ACT 8:32

32 And the passage of_ the _scripture which he _was _reading was this:
he _was _led As a_sheep to the_slaughter, and silent as a_lamb before the one having _shaved him, thus he _is_ not _opening _up the mouth of _him.

Show passage in OET: ROM 8:36

OET-RV ROM 8:36

36 As it’s been written:
⇔ ‘We are being put to death all day
⇔ on your account.
⇔ We were counted like sheep ready to be slaughtered.’

OET-LV ROM 8:36

36 As it _has _been _written, that On _account of _you, we _are _being _put _to _death all the day, we _were _counted as sheep of _slaughter.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: OET ACT 8:32

ROM: OET ROM 8:36

JAM: OET JAM 5:5

Sense 2: day of condemnation

Semantic entry: 56.33

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

Definition: (an idiom, literally: day of slaughter) a time of destructive judgment

Notes: The reference of the phrase ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς in OET JAM 5:5 is the destructive judgment of God, but it is possible that σφαγῆς should be interpreted in a more literal sense of ‘destruction’ rather than mere condemnation.

Collocations: ἡμέρα σφαγῆς

Show passage in OET: JAM 5:5

OET-RV JAM 5:5

5 You have indulged yourselves and lived luxuriously but you’ve been fattening yourselves up as the time for your slaughter approaches.

OET-LV JAM 5:5

5 You _all _indulged on the earth.
And you _all _lived _luxuriously, you _all _nourished the hearts of _you _all in the_day of _slaughter.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σφαγή

Form 1

Sense 1: slaughter, killing

Sense 2: day of condemnation