Slaughter <1,,4967, sphage>
is used in two quotations from the Sept., Act 8:32 from Isa 53:7, and Rom 8:36 from Psa 44:22; in the latter the quotation is set in a strain of triumph, the passage quoted being an utterance of sorrow. In Jam 5:5 there is an allusion to Jer 12:3, the luxurious rich, getting wealth by injustice, spending it on their pleasures, are "fattening themselves like sheep unconscious of their doom."
<2,,2871, kope>
"a stroke" (akin to kopto, "to strike, to cut"), signifies "a smiting in battle," in Heb 7:1. In the Sept., Gen 14:17, Deu 28:25, Jos 10:20.
<3,,5408, phonos>
"a killing, murder," is rendered "slaughter" in Act 9:1; see MURDER.
