זָבַח (za.vach) means “to sacrifice” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: zaw-bakh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
זָבַח · za.vach · to sacrifice
1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slaughter for sacrifice 1a2) to slaughter for eating 1a3) to slaughter in divine judgment 1b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice Aramaic equivalent: de.vach (דְּבַח "to sacrifice" H1684)
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a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
KJV glosses: kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and sacrifice | 8 |
| sacrificed | 8 |
| to sacrifice | 8 |
| sacrifice | 7 |
| they sacrificed | 7 |
| and sacrificed | 6 |
| sacrificing | 6 |
| offered | 5 |
| offer | 4 |
| they offered | 3 |
| to offer | 3 |
| you sacrifice | 3 |
| and he sacrificed | 2 |
| he sacrificed | 2 |
| i will offer | 2 |
| i will sacrifice | 2 |
| am preparing | 1 |
| and butcher | 1 |
| and have been sacrificing | 1 |
| and he has sacrificed | 1 |
| and made | 1 |
| and offer | 1 |
| and offer sacrifices | 1 |
| and offer sacrifices to him | 1 |
| and offered sacrifices | 1 |
| and slaughtered them | 1 |
| and they offered | 1 |
| and they sacrificed | 1 |
| and to sacrifice | 1 |
| but sacrifices | 1 |
| do they sacrifice | 1 |
| for sacrifice | 1 |
| for the one who sacrifices | 1 |
| have been offering | 1 |
| he offered | 1 |
| he offered sacrifices | 1 |
| he sacrifices | 1 |
| he slaughtered | 1 |
| he who sacrifices | 1 |
| he will sacrifice | 1 |
| i am preparing | 1 |
| if anyone sacrifices | 1 |
| in order to sacrifice them | 1 |
| let them offer | 1 |
| of those who had sacrificed | 1 |
| offer it | 1 |
| offered as | 1 |
| slaughtered it | 1 |
| so that we may sacrifice | 1 |
| that they may sacrifice | 1 |
| the sacrifices we offer | 1 |
| then you may slaughter | 1 |
| they have sacrificed | 1 |
| they offer human sacrifice | 1 |
| they sacrifice | 1 |
| they will offer | 1 |
| though they offer | 1 |
| to make | 1 |
| to present his sacrifice | 1 |
| we offer sacrifices | 1 |
| were still sacrificing | 1 |
| while absalom was offering | 1 |
| who offer | 1 |
| who sacrifice | 1 |
| who was sacrificing | 1 |
| whoever sacrifices | 1 |
| will sacrifice | 1 |
| will they offer sacrifices | 1 |
| you are to offer | 1 |
| you are to sacrifice | 1 |
| you may slaughter | 1 |
| you shall offer it | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to sacrifice | 9 |
| offered | 8 |
| and sacrificed | 5 |
| sacrificed | 5 |
| offer | 3 |
| they sacrifice | 3 |
| to offer | 3 |
| and offered | 2 |
| and sacrifice | 2 |
| and they offered | 2 |
| and they sacrificed | 2 |
| did sacrifice | 2 |
| he sacrificed | 2 |
| he that sacrificeth | 2 |
| sacrifice | 2 |
| sacrificing | 2 |
| they sacrificed | 2 |
| thou shalt not sacrifice | 2 |
| and all they that sacrifice | 1 |
| and do sacrifice | 1 |
| and hath slain | 1 |
| and he hath slain | 1 |
| and he sacrificed | 1 |
| and he slew | 1 |
| and if ye offer | 1 |
| and killed | 1 |
| and let them sacrifice | 1 |
| and offer | 1 |
| and sacrificeth | 1 |
| and slew | 1 |
| and there they sacrificed | 1 |
| and they sacrifice | 1 |
| and they shall no more offer | 1 |
| and thou shalt offer | 1 |
| and to him shall ye do sacrifice | 1 |
| and to sacrifice | 1 |
| and upon thee shall he offer | 1 |
| and we do sacrifice | 1 |
| and when ye will offer | 1 |
| but i will sacrifice | 1 |
| do sacrifice | 1 |
| for he sacrificed | 1 |
| for sacrifice | 1 |
| for to offer | 1 |
| from thee then thou shalt kill | 1 |
| from them that offer | 1 |
| i will offer | 1 |
| in there thou shalt sacrifice | 1 |
| it and have sacrificed | 1 |
| killed | 1 |
| lo shall we sacrifice | 1 |
| me therefore will i offer | 1 |
| not sacrifice | 1 |
| notwithstanding thou mayest kill | 1 |
| of them that had sacrificed | 1 |
| offering | 1 |
| only he sacrificed | 1 |
| sacrificeth | 1 |
| slew | 1 |
| still sacrificed | 1 |
| that i do sacrifice | 1 |
| that sacrifice | 1 |
| that sacrificed | 1 |
| that sacrificeth | 1 |
| that they may do sacrifice | 1 |
| that they offered | 1 |
| that we may sacrifice | 1 |
| that ye may sacrifice | 1 |
| them nor sacrifice | 1 |
| themselves will they sacrifice | 1 |
| then he sacrificed | 1 |
| there they shall offer | 1 |
| therefore i sacrifice | 1 |
| therefore they sacrifice | 1 |
| they offered | 1 |
| thou shalt not offer | 1 |
| thou shalt therefore sacrifice | 1 |
| to him that sacrificeth | 1 |
| unto me and shalt sacrifice | 1 |
| unto me and these hast thou sacrificed | 1 |
| we shall sacrifice | 1 |
| which he offered | 1 |
| which i have sacrificed | 1 |
| which they offer | 1 |
| which thou sacrificedst | 1 |
| while he offered | 1 |
| whom they sacrificed | 1 |
| whoso offereth | 1 |
| will i sacrifice | 1 |
| with him offered | 1 |
| ye kill | 1 |
| ye sacrifice | 1 |
| ye shall offer | 1 |
| yea they sacrificed | 1 |
Page 2 of 3. 127 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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.”
Read word by word“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.’
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordThe woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
Read word by wordWhen those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
Read word by wordWhile 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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 has not invited your servant Solomon.
Read word by wordFor 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!’
Read word by wordThe people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
Read word by wordAnd Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordThere, 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.
Read word by wordThen the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordHe did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.’”
Read word by wordSo Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordNevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.4
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Read word by wordNevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
Read word by wordNevertheless, 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.
Read word by wordAnd he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordInstead, 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.
Read word by wordOn the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAnd because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Read word by wordAt that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThere, 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.
Read word by wordThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordThose 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.
Read word by wordAt that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordAnd he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Read word by wordHe sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he 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.
Read word by wordAnd Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordNevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
Read word by wordAnd 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,
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordthey 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.”
Read word by wordbefore 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?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.34
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.
Read word by wordOffer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.6
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.
Read word by wordSacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
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