Strong's Greek · G4968
G4968 sphágion
σφάγιον
sfag'-ee-on
sacrificial victim
Looking for Hebrew H4968 Mᵉthûwshelach? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4968. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
sphágion appears once in Scripture, in Acts 7:42. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a victim (in sacrifice)
In the King James Version
slain beast
Derivation
neuter of a derivative of G4967 (σφαγή);
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
