σφάζω
spházō
“to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
also spelled σφάττω, to slaughter, kill, slay; pr. used of animals killed in sacrifice, etc., Rev. 5:6, 9, 12; 13:8; of persons, etc., 1 Jn. 3:12; Rev. 6:4, 9; 18:24; to wound mortally, Rev. 13:3*
Translated in KJV as
killslaywound
Etymology
a primary verb;
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