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H2076

H2076 — זָבַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewzabachverbOccurrences: 134TWOT: 525

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2076
Word:זָבַח
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:134
Transliteration:zabach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zaw-bakh'
Meaning:1. to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
KJV Renderings:kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.

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BDB2277

זָבַח134 verb slaughter for sacrifice (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician זבח; Assyrian Zibû DlPr 174 compare LotzTP 174; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1370], Sabean דֿבח CISiv. 1, 2, No. 74 l. 11. 12; Aramaic דְּבַח, [untranscribed source text 1371], Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1372])

Qal112 Perfect ׳ ז 1Kgs 8:63; 1Kgs 13:2, זָבַחְתָּ Exod 20:24 + 3 t., זָבַחְתִּי Ezek 39:19, זָָֽבְחוּ Exod 34:15; Lev 17:5, זְבַחְתֶּם Exod 8:24, זָבַחְנוּ Exod 8:23 Imperfect וַיִּזְבַּח Gen 31:54 + 14 t.; 2 masculine singular suffix תִּזְבָּחֶנּוּ Deut 15:21, 2 feminine singular suffix וַתִּזְבָּחִים Ezek 16:20, 1 singular אֶזְבַּח Ps 116:17, אֶזְבְּחָה Ps 27:6; Ps 54:8; Jonah 2:10 2 masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ Lev 19:5 + 2 t., תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ Lev 22:29 + 2 t.; 1 plural נִזְבְּחָה Exod 3:18 +, etc. (61 t. Imperfect); Imperative זְבַח Ps 50:14, זִבְחוּ Exod 8:21; Ps 4:6 Infinitive construct זְבֹחַ 1Sam 15:15 + 14 t., לִזְבּוֺחַ 2Chr 11:16, בְּזָבְחוֺ 2Sam 15:12 Participle active זֹבֵחַ Exod 13:15 + 8 t., זוֺבֵחַ Isa 66:3, plural זֹבְחִים Lev 17:5 + (20 t. Participle) —
I. slaughter for sacrifice
1. with accusative of
a. kind of sacrifice זֶבַח ׳ ז Gen 31:54 +, פֶּסַח Deut 16:2 ; Deut 16:5; Deut 16:6, שְׁלָמְים Deut 27:7 ; Josh 8:31, תּוֺדָה Ps 50:14 ; Ps 50:23 , עֹלוֺת ושׁלמים Exod 20:24 ( E ).
b. victims, (α) animals בָּקָר וָצאֹן 1Kgs 8:63 ; Num 22:40 , צאן ובקר 2Chr 18:2 , הַבְּרִיאָה Ezek 34:3 , כָּלפֶּֿטֶר רֶחֶם Exod 13:15 ( J ); פָּרִים וְאֵילִים 1Chr 15:26 , שׁוֺר וָשֶׂה Deut 17:1 ( β) mankind בָּנִים וּבָנוֺת Ps 106:37 ; Ezek 16:20, זֹבְחֵי אָדָם sacrificers of mankind Hos 13:2 (so Ra AE Hi MV; men that sacrifice AV RV after Ki, so Pu Ew Ke Now Che SS).
c. תּוֺעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם Exod 8:22 (twice in verse) ( E ), מָשְׁחָת Mal 1:14 .
2. absolute 1Sam 1:5 + often
3. with לְ of deity, לְדָגוֺן Judg 16:23, לַשְּׂעִירִם Lev 17:7 ( H ), לַשֵּׁדִים Deut 32:17; Ps 106:37 other gods Exod 34:15 ( J E ) +; but usually ליהוה Exod 3:18 + 9 t. J E , Lev 17:5 ; Lev 19:5 ; Lev 22:29 (all H , not elsewhere in P ), Deut 15:21; Deut 16:2; Deut 17:1; 1Sam 1:3 +; לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו Gen 46:1 ( E ), לאלהים Ps 50:14 , לאדני Mal 1:14 .
4. with local preposition בְּ Gen 31:54 ( E ) +, עַל Exod 20:24 ( E ) +; לפני Lev 9:4 ( P ) +, על פני השׂדה Lev 17:5 ( H ).
II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RSSemitic 219) 1Sam 28:24 (fat calf for Saul), Ezek 34:3 (fat sheep for shepherds), 2Chr 18:2 (sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat, with לְ of person); compare Deut 12:15 Deut 12:21 (absolute), 1Kgs 19:21.
III. slaughter in divine judgment Ezek 39:17-19 with accusative זִבְחִי (Gog and Magog as feast for vultures), 1Kgs 13:2; 2Kgs 23:20 (priests of high-places on their own altars).
Pi`el22 Perfect זִבַּח 2Chr 33:22 , זִבְּחוּ Ps 106:38 , זִבֵּ֑חוּ Hos 12:12 Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ Hab 1:16, יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Hos 4:13; Hos 4:14; Hos 11:2 (7 t. Imperfect); Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ 1Kgs 12:32 Participle מְזַבֵּחַ 1Kgs 3:3, plural מְזַבְּחִים 2Chr 5:6 + 8 t., מְזַבְּחוֺת 1Kgs 11:8 — sacrifice,
1. of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1Kgs 8:5 = 2Chr 5:6, and Hezekiah 2Chr 30:22 , and probably intensive; but
2. elsewhere of sacrifice to other deities, possibly iterative in some cases, but certainly not in all: לַבְּעָלִים Hos 11:2, לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן 1Kgs 11:8 , לַעֲגָלִים 1Kgs 12:32 , לְחֶרְמוֺ Hab 1:16, לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָ֑עַן Ps 106:38 , לֵאלֹהֵי דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 2Chr 28:23 , לְכָלהַֿפְּסִילִים 2Chr 33:22 or in unlawful places עַלרָֿאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים Hos 4:13 compare Hos 4:14, בַּגִּלְגָּל Hos 12:12 , בַּבָּמוֺת 1Kgs 3:2; 1Kgs 3:3; 1Kgs 22:44 ; 2Kgs 12:4; 2Kgs 14:4; 2Kgs 15:4 = 2Chr 28:4. It is used without direct object Hos 4:14 and often; also with accusative of victim שְׁוָרִים Hos 12:12 צאֹן וּבָקָר 1Kgs 8:5 = 2Chr 5:6 sons and daughters Ps 106:38, זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים 2Chr 30:22 .


BDB9424

[דְּבַח] verb sacrifice (Biblical Hebrew זָבַח ); —

Pe`al Participle active plural דָּֽבְחִין Ezra 6:3, with accusative דִּבְחִין, see following


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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זבח (h-vagh’)

1 Kings 6:63

EHCC: which he unto the Lord,

1 Kings 18:2

KJV: And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
EHCC: and upon thee shall he pfe

Ezekiel 39:19

KJV: And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
EHCC: of my sacrifice which J sacrificed for

Exodus 8:29

KJV: And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
EHCC: (25). letting the people go to sacrifice

Judges 16:23

KJV: Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
EHCC: for to offer a t sacrifice

Judges 2:19

KJV: And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.corrupted…: or, were corruptceased…: Heb. let nothing fall of their
EHCC: to offer the yearly sacrifice.

Judges 10:8

KJV: And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.oppressed: Heb. crushed
EHCC: to sucrifice sacrifices of peace offerings:

Judges 15:15

KJV: And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.new: Heb. moist
EHCC: to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God;

1 Kings 3:4

KJV: And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
EHCC: the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice

Isaiah 57:7

KJV: Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
EHCC: wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Exodus 3:18

KJV: And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
EHCC: that we may sacrifice to the Lord

Exodus 5:3

KJV: And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
EHCC: and sacrifice unto the Lord

Exodus 8:8

KJV: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.
EHCC: (4). that they may do sacrifice unto the

Exodus 28:18

KJV: And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
EHCC: Thou shalt not offer the blood

Exodus 24:5

KJV: And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.
EHCC: and sacrificed peace offerings

Exodus 32:8

KJV: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
EHCC: and have sucrificed thereunto,

Leviticus 17:7

KJV: And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
EHCC: they shall no more offer their

Leviticus 19:5

KJV: And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.
EHCC: if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings

Leviticus 22:29

KJV: And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.
EHCC: when ye will הקס sacrifice

Leviticus 16:4

KJV: He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
EHCC: which thou sacrificedst

Leviticus 17:1

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
EHCC: Thou shalt not sucrifice

2 Samuel 6:13

KJV: And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
EHCC: it was (so), that...he sacrificed oxen and

2 Samuel 29:21

EHCC: And they sacrificed sacrifices

2 Samuel 15:11

KJV: And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
EHCC: And they offered unto the Lord

2 Samuel 18:9

KJV: And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
EHCC: And Ahab filled sheep and oxen

2 Samuel 28:23

EHCC: For he sucrificed unto the gods

2 Samuel 33:16

EHCC: and sacrificed thereon peace offerings

Nehemiah 4:2

KJV: And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?fortify…: Heb. leave to themselves
EHCC: (8:34). will they sacrifice? will they make

Nehemiah 12:43

KJV: Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
EHCC: Also that day they offered great sacrifices,

Psalms 27:6

KJV: And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.joy: Heb. shouting
EHCC: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle

Psalms 54:6

KJV: I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
EHCC: (8). 1 will freely mah ee unto thee:

Psalms 106:37

KJV: Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
EHCC: Yea, they sacrificed their sons

Psalms 107:22

KJV: And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.rejoicing: Heb. singing
EHCC: And let them sacrifice the sacrifices

Psalms 116:17

KJV: I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.
EHCC: 7 will offer to thee the sacrifice

Psalms 20:28

EHCC: and they offered there

Jonah 1:16

KJV: Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.offered…: Heb. sacrifice unto the Lord, and vowed vows
EHCC: and offered a sacrifice unto the Loi,

Jonah 2:9

KJV: But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
EHCC: (10). But J will sacrifice unto thee

Exodus 13:15

KJV: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
EHCC: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord

Exodus 22:20

KJV: He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
EHCC: ( 19). He that sacrificeth unto (any) god.

Deuteronomy 18:3

KJV: And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
EHCC: from them that offer a sacrifice,

2 Chronicles 7:4

KJV: Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
EHCC: the people offered sacrifices

2 Chronicles 33:17

KJV: Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.
EHCC: Nevertheless the people did sacrifice si!

Ezra 4:2

KJV: Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
EHCC: we do sacrifice unto him

Psalms 50:23

KJV: Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.that…: Heb. that disposeth his way
EHCC: Whoso offereth praise glorifieth

Ecclesiastes 9:2

KJV: All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
EHCC: to him that savrificeth, and to bim tht

Isaiah 65:3

KJV: A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;upon…: Heb. upon bricks
EHCC: that sacrificeth in gardens,

Isaiah 66:3

KJV: He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.lamb: or, kidburneth: Heb. maketh a memorial of
EHCC: he that sucrificeth ₪ lamb,

Hosea 13:2

KJV: And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.they sin…: Heb. they add to sinthe men…: or, the sacrificers of men
EHCC: Let the men that sacrifice kiss (marg. =

Zechariah 14:21

KJV: Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: all they that sacrifice

Malachi 1:14

KJV: But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.which…: Heb. in whose flock is
EHCC: and sucrificeth unto the Lord

2 Chronicles 33:22

KJV: But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
EHCC: Amon sacrificed unto all the

Psalms 106:38

KJV: And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
EHCC: they sacrificed unto the idols

Hosea 12:11

KJV: Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
EHCC: (12). they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal;

1 Kings 12:32

KJV: And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.offered…: or, went up to the altar, etcsacrificing: or, to sacrifice
EHCC: sacrificing unto the calves that be fo!

2 Kings 16:4

KJV: And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
EHCC: And he sacrificed and burnt incense

2 Chronicles 28:4

KJV: He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
EHCC: He sacrificed also and burnt incense

2 Chronicles 11:2

KJV: But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
EHCC: they sacrificed unto Baalim,

Habakkuk 1:16

KJV: Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat
EHCC: they sacrifice unto their net,

1 Kings 8:2

KJV: And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
EHCC: Only the people sacrificed in high places

1 Kings 8:5

KJV: And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
EHCC: sacrificing sheep and oxen,

1 Kings 11:8

KJV: And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
EHCC: burnt incense aad sacrificed

1 Kings 22:43

KJV: And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
EHCC: ( 44). the@eoplé offered and burnt incense

2 Kings 12:3

KJV: But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
EHCC: (4).the people still sacrificed

2 Kings 14:4

KJV: Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
EHCC: as yet the people did sacrifice

2 Kings 15:4

KJV: Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
EHCC: the people sacrificed and burnt incense

2 Chronicles 5:6

KJV: Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
EHCC: sacrificed sheep and oxen,

2 Chronicles 30:22

KJV: And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of all
EHCC: offering peace offerings,
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