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slaughter

Meaning of “slaughter”

Sense 1: The killing of persons or animals, especially in great number. Sense 2: As a verb, to kill or slay.

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56 occurrences55 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:17

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2 Chronicles 28:5
Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 28:5 · retained source text

Wherefore the LORD his God deliuered him into the hand of the king of Syria, and they smote him, and caried away a great multitude of them captiues, and brought them to Damascus: And he was also deliuered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him wich a great slaughter.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Darmesek.

Esther 9:5
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
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1611 witness · Esther 9:5 · retained source text

Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would vnto those that hated them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to their will.

Psalms 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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1611 witness · Psalms 44:22 · retained source text

Yea for thy sake are wee killed all the day long: wee are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

1611 marginal noteRom.8.36

Proverbs 7:22
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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1611 witness · Proverbs 7:22 · retained source text

He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,

1611 marginal noteHeb. suddenly.

Isaiah 10:26
And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:26 · retained source text

And the LORD of hostes shall stirre vp a scourge for him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rocke Oreb: and as his rod was vpon the Sea, so shall he lift it vp after the manner of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteIudg.7.25 cha.9.4.

Isaiah 14:21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:21 · retained source text

Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquitie of their fathers, that they doe not rise nor possesse the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

1611 marginal noteExo.20.5. mat.23.35.

Isaiah 27:7
¶ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 27:7 · retained source text

¶ Hath hee smitten him, as hee smote those that smote him? or is hee slaine according to the slaughter of them that are slaine by him?

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to the stroke of those.

Isaiah 30:25
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:25 · retained source text

And there shall be vpon euery high mountaine, and vpon euery high hill, riuers and streames of waters, in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall.

1611 marginal noteHebr. lifted vp.

Isaiah 34:2
For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 34:2 · retained source text

For the indignation of the LORD is vpon all nations, and his furie vpon all their armies: hee hath vtterly destroyed them, he hath deliuered them to the slaughter.

Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 34:6 · retained source text

The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatnesse, and with the blood of lambes and goates, with the fat of the kidneys of rammes: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

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