Hebrew · Strong's H7819 · Verb

שָׁחַט

sha·chat

to slaughter

80times used

69verses

13books

How it's translated

and he will cut the throat of13
and they slaughtered7
and you will slaughter3
and he cut the throat of it3
and he cut the throat of3
and they slaughtered them3
to slaughter2
and slaughter2

Definition

v

1) to kill, slaughter, beat

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to slaughter

1a1a) beast for food

1a1b) sacrifice

1a1c) person in human sacrifice

1a1d) beaten, hammered (of shekels)

The forms it takes

Stem

Qal 96% simple action
Niphal 4% passive or reflexive

Form

Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 35% and then …: the storyteller’s past
Weqatal (“and he will”) 28% and then …: future or instructions
Imperfect (yiqtol) 20% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
Participle 6% one who is doing
Infinitive 5% “to …”, or for emphasis
Perfect (qatal) 4% a complete action, usually past

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

σφάζω sphazō · to slaughter 74%
θύω thuō · to sacrifice 24%

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

Leviticus30
Exodus6
2 Chronicles6
Ezekiel6
Jeremiah4
Numbers3
1 Samuel3
2 Kings3
Isaiah3
Genesis2

…and 3 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.