זֶבַח
zebach · zeh'-bakh
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2076 (זָבַח);
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
- properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal
- by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: offer(-ing), sacrifice.
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 זֶבַח 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
162 occurrences · 162 OT · 0 NT · 86 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sacrifice15 · 13%
- of the sacrifice13 · 12%
- sacrifices13 · 12%
- and for a sacrifice12 · 11%
- a sacrifice9 · 8%
- offerings6 · 5%
- the sacrifice6 · 5%
- the sacrifices4 · 4%
- for a sacrifice4 · 4%
- and sacrifices4 · 4%
- of my sacrifice3 · 3%
- hath a sacrifice3 · 3%
- or sacrifice2 · 2%
- their sacrifices2 · 2%
- with the sacrifice2 · 2%
- and your sacrifices2 · 2%
- and the sacrifice2 · 2%
- than sacrifice2 · 2%
- of thy sacrifices2 · 2%
- from off the sacrifice1 · 1%
- be a sacrifice1 · 1%
- neither shall the sacrifice1 · 1%
- of his sacrifice1 · 1%
- it is the sacrifice1 · 1%
- also sacrifices1 · 1%
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.