Word Summary
katasphazō: to kill off
Original Word: κατασφάζωTransliteration: katasphazō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-fat'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to kill off
Meaning: to kill off
Strong's Concordance
slay.
From kata and sphazo; to kill down, i.e. Slaughter -- slay.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK sphazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2695: κατασφάζωκατασφάζω (or
κατασφαττόω): 1 aorist
κατεσφαξα; "to kill off (cf.
κατά III. 1), to slaughter":
Luke 19:27. (the
Sept.;
Herodotus, Tragg.,
Xenophon,
Josephus, Antiquities 6, 6, 4;
Aelian v. h. 13, 2;
Herodian, 5, 5, 16 (8 edition, Bekker).)