The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

Rahlfs Septuagint lexicon

σφαγη

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	σφαγη
Common glosses	slaughter
Transliteration	sphagēn, sphagēs, sphagas, sphagē, sphagai
Pronunciation	sfayiyn, sfayiys, sfagas, sfayiy, sfaye
Total occurrences	24
First reference	2Mac.5.6

Forms and grammatical context

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

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
σφαγαί	noun, nominative, plural, feminine (N.NPF) — 2Mac.5.13
σφαγὰς	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (N.APF) — 2Mac.5.6 noun, accusative, plural, feminine (N.APF) — 2Mac.12.16
σφαγὴ	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (N.NSF) — Isa.34.6
σφαγῇ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (N.DSF) — Isa.65.12
σφαγήν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Jer.27.27 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Jer.32.34 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Jer.31.15 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Isa.34.2 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Job.10.16 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Job.21.20 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Ezek.21.20
σφαγὴν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Jer.28.40 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Jer.15.3 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Obad.1.10 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Isa.53.7 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Job.27.14 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — Prov.7.22 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (N.ASF) — PsSol.8.1
σφαγῆς	noun, genitive, singular, feminine (N.GSF) — Ps.43.23 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (N.GSF) — Jer.12.3 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (N.GSF) — Zech.11.7 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (N.GSF) — Jer.19.6 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (N.GSF) — Zech.11.4

New Testament occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the SBL Greek New Testament: σφαγή.