זֶ֫בַח
ze.vach
“sacrifice”
Definition
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
from H2076 (זָבַח);
- sacrifice 1a) sacrifices of righteousness 1b) sacrifices of strife 1c) sacrifices to dead things 1d) the covenant sacrifice 1e) the passover 1f) annual sacrifice 1g) thank offering
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
זֶ֫בַח appears 147 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,and the knowledge of Godrather than burnt offerings.
When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
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