זָבַח
zâbach · zaw-bakh'
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the house, what is within › to separate and protect
To cut, to sustain of the house, what is within that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָבַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
134 occurrences · 134 OT · 0 NT · 103 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- offered8 · 12%
- to sacrifice8 · 12%
- sacrificed5 · 8%
- and sacrificed5 · 8%
- and sacrifice3 · 5%
- to offer3 · 5%
- offer3 · 5%
- they sacrifice3 · 5%
- and they sacrificed2 · 3%
- thou shalt not sacrifice2 · 3%
- they sacrificed2 · 3%
- he that sacrificeth2 · 3%
- and do sacrifice2 · 3%
- and to sacrifice2 · 3%
- did sacrifice2 · 3%
- sacrificing2 · 3%
- he sacrificed2 · 3%
- and they offered2 · 3%
- and offered2 · 3%
- that ye may sacrifice1 · 2%
- lo, shall we sacrifice1 · 2%
- we shall sacrifice1 · 2%
- ye, sacrifice1 · 2%
- that they may do sacrifice1 · 2%
- that we may sacrifice1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.