Hebrew word study

זָבַחzâbach to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

Pronounced “zaw-bakh'

to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

Translated in the King James as: kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.

Appears 132 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 2×
Genesis 31:54Genesis 46:1
Exodus 18×
Exodus 3:18Exodus 5:3Exodus 5:8Exodus 5:17Exodus 8:8Exodus 8:25Exodus 8:26Exodus 8:27Exodus 8:28Exodus 8:29Exodus 13:15Exodus 20:24Exodus 22:20Exodus 23:18Exodus 24:5Exodus 32:8Exodus 34:15+ 1 more in Exodus
Leviticus 8×
Leviticus 9:4Leviticus 17:5Leviticus 17:7Leviticus 19:5Leviticus 22:29+ 3 more in Leviticus
Numbers 1×
Numbers 22:40
Deuteronomy 12×
Deuteronomy 12:15Deuteronomy 12:21Deuteronomy 15:21Deuteronomy 16:2Deuteronomy 16:4Deuteronomy 16:5Deuteronomy 16:6Deuteronomy 17:1Deuteronomy 18:3Deuteronomy 27:7Deuteronomy 32:17Deuteronomy 33:19
Joshua 1×
Joshua 8:31
Judges 2×
Judges 2:5Judges 16:23
1 Samuel 14×
1 Sam 1:31 Sam 1:41 Sam 1:211 Sam 2:131 Sam 2:151 Sam 2:191 Sam 6:151 Sam 10:81 Sam 11:151 Sam 15:151 Sam 15:211 Sam 16:21 Sam 16:51 Sam 28:24
2 Samuel 2×
2 Sam 6:132 Sam 15:12
1 Kings 14×
1 Ki 1:91 Ki 1:191 Ki 1:251 Ki 3:21 Ki 3:31 Ki 3:41 Ki 8:51 Ki 8:621 Ki 8:631 Ki 11:81 Ki 12:321 Ki 13:21 Ki 19:211 Ki 22:43
2 Kings 8×
2 Ki 12:32 Ki 14:42 Ki 15:42 Ki 15:352 Ki 16:42 Ki 17:352 Ki 17:362 Ki 23:20
1 Chronicles 3×
1 Chr 15:261 Chr 21:281 Chr 29:21
2 Chronicles 14×
2 Chr 5:62 Chr 7:42 Chr 7:52 Chr 11:162 Chr 15:112 Chr 18:22 Chr 28:42 Chr 28:232 Chr 30:222 Chr 33:162 Chr 33:172 Chr 33:222 Chr 34:4+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra 1×
Ezra 4:2
Nehemiah 2×
Nehemiah 4:2Nehemiah 12:43
Psalms 9×
Psalms 4:5Psalms 27:6Psalms 50:14Psalms 50:23Psalms 54:6Psalms 106:37Psalms 106:38Psalms 107:22Psalms 116:17
Ecclesiastes 1×
Eccles 9:2
Isaiah 3×
Isaiah 57:7Isaiah 65:3Isaiah 66:3
Ezekiel 5×
Ezekiel 16:20Ezekiel 20:28Ezekiel 34:3Ezekiel 39:17Ezekiel 39:19
Hosea 6×
Hosea 4:13Hosea 4:14Hosea 8:13Hosea 11:2Hosea 12:11Hosea 13:2
Jonah 2×
Jonah 1:16Jonah 2:9
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 1:16
Zechariah 1×
Zech 14:21
Malachi 2×
Malachi 1:8Malachi 1:14

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