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Koine Greek wordlink #148149

SR GNT Yac 5:5 σφαγῆς (sfagaʸs) ‘of you_all in the day of slaughter’ Strongs=49670 Lemma=sfagē
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form σφαγῆς (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σφαγῆς’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘of slaughter’.

Rom 8:36 ‘we were counted as sheep of slaughter’ SR GNT Rom 8:36 word 13

OET-LV: 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. (ROM_8:36)

OET-RV: 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.’ (ROM 8:36)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sfagē’ have 2 different glosses: ‘the slaughter’, ‘of slaughter’.

Greek words (2) other than σφαγῆς (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘slaughter’

ACTs 8:32 σφαγήν (sfagaʸn) N-AFS ‘as a sheep to the slaughter he was led and as’ SR GNT Acts 8:32 word 13

OET-LV: 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. (ACT_8:32)

OET-RV: 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. (ACT 8:32)

HEB 7:1 κοπῆς (kopaʸs) N-GFS Lemma=kopē ‘returning from the slaughter of the kings and’ SR GNT Heb 7:1 word 21

OET-LV: 7 For/Because this the Melⱪisedek, king of _Salaʸm/(Shālēm), priest of_ the _god the highest, the one having _met with _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) returning from the slaughter of _the kings, and having _blessed him, (HEB_7:1)

OET-RV: 7 This Malki-Tsedek (Melchizedek) was the king of the city of Salem and a priest of God, the highest one. He met Abraham who was returning from slaughtering several kings and Malki-Tsedek blessed him, (HEB 7:1)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular