Zavach זָבַח

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Zavach
זָבַח
Transliterationzavach
Strong's numberH2076
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto sacrifice
Occurrences134 in 127 verses
Most frequent inExodus (17)

Zavach (Hebrew זָבַח, Strong's H2076) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to sacrifice”. It occurs 134 times in 127 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to slaughter for sacrifice
1a2) to slaughter for eating
1a3) to slaughter in divine judgment
1b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice
Aramaic equivalent: de.vach (דְּבַח "to sacrifice" H1684)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsacrifice (47), sacrificed (29), offer (20), offered (17), sacrificeth (6), kill (3), slew (3), killed (2), slain (2), sacrificing (2), sacrificedst (1), offering (1), and 1 other rendering
BSBsacrifice (25), sacrificed (14), offer (8), they sacrificed (8), offered (6), sacrificing (6), he sacrificed (4), they offered (4), you sacrifice (3), you may slaughter (2), i will sacrifice (2), i will offer (2), and 47 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Zavach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Jonah

Habakkuk

Zechariah

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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