Strong’s G4969 · Greek
σφάζω
spházō
Definition
to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)
Etymology
a primary verb;
How the KJV renders it
- kill
- slay
- wound
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.