זָבַח
za.vach
1. to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice
a. (Qal)
1. to slaughter for sacrifice
2. to slaughter for eating
3. to slaughter in divine judgment
b. (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice
Aramaic equivalent: de.vach (דְּבַח "to sacrifice" H1684)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 127 verses
- 1 Samuel 15:21 לִזְבֹּ֛חַ
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
- 1 Samuel 16:2 לִזְבֹּ֥חַ
“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
- 1 Samuel 16:5 לִזְבֹּ֤חַ
“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 28:24 וַתִּזְבָּחֵ֑הוּ
The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
- 2 Samuel 6:13 וַיִּזְבַּ֥ח
When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
- 2 Samuel 15:12 בְּזָבְח֖וֹ
While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- 1 Kings 1:9 וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
- 1 Kings 1:19 וַ֠יִּזְבַּח
And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:25 וַ֠יִּזְבַּח
For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
- 1 Kings 3:2 מְזַבְּחִ֖ים
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
- 1 Kings 3:3 מְזַבֵּ֖חַ
And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
- 1 Kings 3:4 לִזְבֹּ֣חַ
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
- 1 Kings 8:5 מְזַבְּחִים֙
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
- 1 Kings 8:62 זֹבְחִ֥ים
Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.
- 1 Kings 8:63 וַיִּזְבַּ֣חזָבַ֣ח
And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 11:8 וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת
He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- 1 Kings 12:32 לְזַבֵּ֖חַ
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
- 1 Kings 13:2 וְזָבַ֣ח
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
- 1 Kings 19:21 וַיִּזְבָּחֵ֗הוּ
So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
- 1 Kings 22:43 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 12:3 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
- 2 Kings 14:4 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:4 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
- 2 Kings 15:35 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 16:4 וַיְזַבֵּ֧חַ
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:35 תִזְבְּח֖וּ
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
- 2 Kings 17:36 תִזְבָּֽחוּ׃
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
- 2 Kings 23:20 וַ֠יִּזְבַּח
On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 15:26 וַיִּזְבְּח֥וּ
And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
- 1 Chronicles 21:28 וַיִּזְבַּ֖ח
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
- 1 Chronicles 29:21 וַיִּזְבְּח֣וּ
The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 5:6 מְזַבְּחִים֙
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
- 2 Chronicles 7:4 זֹבְחִ֥ים
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 וַיִּזְבַּ֞ח
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 11:16 לִזְבּ֕וֹחַ
Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
- 2 Chronicles 18:2 וַיִּֽזְבַּֽח־
And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him, and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 28:4 וַיְזַבֵּ֧חַ
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23 וַיִּזְבַּ֗חאֲזַבֵּ֖חַ
Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 מְזַבְּחִים֙
And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 33:16 וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח
Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:17 זֹבְחִ֖ים
Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
- 2 Chronicles 33:22 זִבַּ֥ח
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 הַזֹּבְחִ֖ים
Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
- Ezra 4:2 זֹבְחִ֗ים
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
- Nehemiah 4:2 הֲיִזְבָּ֙חוּ֙
before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
- Nehemiah 12:43 וַיִּזְבְּח֣וּ
On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
- Psalms 4:5 זִבְח֥וּ
Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
- Psalms 27:6 וְאֶזְבְּחָ֣ה
Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
- Psalms 50:14 זְבַ֣ח
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.