זָבַח
to sacrifice
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘slaughter for sacrifice’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1 K 8’
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 34 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 17 times (13%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 16 times (12%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 13 times (10%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 10 times (7%)
- Verb, Piel, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 9 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 8 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 7 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (4%)
+26 more forms (48 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 134 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H2076 appears — 127 distinct verses across 24 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 31:54 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֨ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
- Genesis 46:1 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֣ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
Exodus 17 verses
- Exodus 3:18 וְ/נִזְבְּחָ֖ה conj + Qal coh 1cp They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
- Exodus 5:3 וְ/נִזְבְּחָה֙ conj + Qal coh 1cp They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
- Exodus 5:8 נִזְבְּחָ֥ה Qal coh 1cp The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
- Exodus 5:17 נִזְבְּחָ֥ה Qal coh 1cp But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
- Exodus 8:8 וְ/יִזְבְּח֖וּ conj + Qal juss 3mp Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:25 זִבְח֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!"
- Exodus 8:26 נִזְבַּ֖ח נִזְבַּ֞ח Qal impf 1cp Qal impf 1cp Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
- Exodus 8:27 וְ/זָבַ֨חְנוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 1cp We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."
- Exodus 8:28 וּ/זְבַחְתֶּ֞ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me."
- Exodus 8:29 לִ/זְבֹּ֖חַ prep + Qal inf.cs Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 13:15 זֹבֵ֜חַ Qal ptcp.act ms and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
- Exodus 20:24 וְ/זָבַחְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
- Exodus 22:20 זֹבֵ֥חַ Qal ptcp.act ms "He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
- Exodus 23:18 תִזְבַּ֥ח Qal impf 2ms "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
- Exodus 24:5 וַֽ/יִּזְבְּח֞וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to Yahweh.
- Exodus 32:8 וַ/יִּזְבְּחוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
- Exodus 34:15 וְ/זָבְחוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
Leviticus 5 verses
- Leviticus 9:4 לִ/זְבֹּ֨חַ֙ prep + Qal inf.cs and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you.'"
- Leviticus 17:5 זֹבְחִים֮ וְ/זָ֨בְח֜וּ Qal ptcp.act mp conj + Qal wpf 3cp This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 17:7 יִזְבְּח֥וּ Qal impf 3mp They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.'
- Leviticus 19:5 תִזְבְּח֛וּ תִּזְבָּחֻֽ/הוּ Qal impf 2mp Qal impf 2mp + sfx pers 3ms "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
- Leviticus 22:29 תִזְבְּח֥וּ תִּזְבָּֽחוּ Qal impf 2mp Qal impf 2mp "When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 12 verses
- Deuteronomy 12:15 תִּזְבַּ֣ח Qal impf 2ms Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
- Deuteronomy 12:21 וְ/זָבַחְתָּ֞ conj + Qal wpf 2ms If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
- Deuteronomy 15:21 תִזְבָּחֶ֔/נּוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms If it have any blemish, [as if it be] lame or blind, any ill blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 16:2 וְ/זָבַ֥חְתָּ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
- Deuteronomy 16:4 תִּזְבַּ֥ח Qal impf 2ms There shall be no yeast seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
- Deuteronomy 16:5 לִ/זְבֹּ֣חַ prep + Qal inf.cs You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you;
- Deuteronomy 16:6 תִּזְבַּ֥ח Qal impf 2ms but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 17:1 תִזְבַּח֩ Qal impf 2ms You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 18:3 זֹבְחֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
- Deuteronomy 27:7 וְ/זָבַחְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and you shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 32:17 יִזְבְּח֗וּ Qal impf 3mp They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, To gods that they didn't know, To new [gods] that came up of late, Which your fathers didn't dread.
- Deuteronomy 33:19 יִזְבְּח֣וּ Qal impf 3mp They shall call the peoples to the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, The hidden treasures of the sand.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 2:5 וַ/יִּזְבְּחוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.
- Judges 16:23 לִ/זְבֹּ֧חַ prep + Qal inf.cs The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
1 Samuel 14 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:3 וְ/לִ/זְבֹּ֛חַ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Hosts in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
- 1 Samuel 1:4 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֖ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
- 1 Samuel 1:21 לִ/זְבֹּ֧חַ prep + Qal inf.cs The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
- 1 Samuel 2:13 זֹבֵ֣חַ Qal ptcp.act ms The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
- 1 Samuel 2:15 הַ/זֹּבֵ֔חַ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw.
- 1 Samuel 2:19 לִ/זְבֹּ֖חַ prep + Qal inf.cs Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 6:15 וַֽ/יִּזְבְּח֧וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 10:8 לִ/זְבֹּ֖חַ prep + Qal inf.cs You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shall you wait, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
- 1 Samuel 11:15 וַ/יִּזְבְּחוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 15:15 זְבֹ֖חַ Qal inf.cs Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
- 1 Samuel 15:21 לִ/זְבֹּ֛חַ prep + Qal inf.cs But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 16:2 לִ/זְבֹּ֥חַ prep + Qal inf.cs Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 16:5 לִ/זְבֹּ֤חַ prep + Qal inf.cs He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 28:24 וַ/תִּזְבָּחֵ֑/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 3ms The woman had a fattened calf in the house; and she hurried, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread of it:
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 6:13 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֥ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
- 2 Samuel 15:12 בְּ/זָבְח֖/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
1 Kings 14 verses
- 1 Kings 1:9 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֣ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants:
- 1 Kings 1:19 וַ֠/יִּזְבַּח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.
- 1 Kings 1:25 וַ֠/יִּזְבַּח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 3:2 מְזַבְּחִ֖ים Piel ptcp.act mp Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.
- 1 Kings 3:3 מְזַבֵּ֖חַ Piel ptcp.act ms Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 1 Kings 3:4 לִ/זְבֹּ֣חַ prep + Qal inf.cs The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.
- 1 Kings 8:5 מְזַבְּחִים֙ Piel ptcp.act mp King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
- 1 Kings 8:62 זֹבְחִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act mp The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 8:63 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֣ח זָבַ֣ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 11:8 וּֽ/מְזַבְּח֖וֹת conj + Piel ptcp.act fp So did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- 1 Kings 12:32 לְ/זַבֵּ֖חַ prep + Piel inf.cs Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
- 1 Kings 13:2 וְ/זָבַ֣ח conj + Qal pf 3ms He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall they burn on you.
- 1 Kings 19:21 וַ/יִּזְבָּחֵ֗/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
- 1 Kings 22:43 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים Piel ptcp.act mp He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: however the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 12:3 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים Piel ptcp.act mp However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 2 Kings 14:4 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים Piel ptcp.act mp However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:4 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים Piel ptcp.act mp However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:35 מְזַבְּחִ֥ים Piel ptcp.act mp However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 16:4 וַ/יְזַבֵּ֧חַ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:35 תִזְבְּח֖וּ Qal impf 2mp with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
- 2 Kings 17:36 תִזְבָּֽחוּ Qal impf 2mp but Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and to him shall you bow yourselves, and to him shall you sacrifice:
- 2 Kings 23:20 וַ֠/יִּזְבַּח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 15:26 וַ/יִּזְבְּח֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
- 1 Chronicles 21:28 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֖ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
- 1 Chronicles 29:21 וַ/יִּזְבְּח֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
2 Chronicles 13 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:6 מְזַבְּחִים֙ Piel ptcp.act mp King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
- 2 Chronicles 7:4 זֹבְחִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act mp Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֞ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 11:16 לִ/זְבּ֕וֹחַ prep + Qal inf.cs After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 וַ/יִּזְבְּח֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 18:2 וַ/יִּֽזְבַּֽח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up [with him] to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 28:4 וַ/יְזַבֵּ֧חַ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֗ח אֲזַבֵּ֖חַ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Piel impf 1cs For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 מְזַבְּחִים֙ Piel ptcp.act mp Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good understanding [in the service] of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 33:16 וַ/יִּזְבַּ֣ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:17 זֹבְחִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to Yahweh their God.
- 2 Chronicles 33:22 זִבַּ֥ח Piel pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 הַ/זֹּבְחִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves [of those] who had sacrificed to them.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 4:2 הֲ/יִזְבָּ֨חוּ֙ ptcl inter + Qal impf 3mp He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?
- Nehemiah 12:43 וַ/יִּזְבְּח֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
Psalms 9 verses
- Psalms 4:5 זִבְח֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 27:6 וְ/אֶזְבְּחָ֣ה conj + Qal coh 1cs Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.
- Psalms 50:14 זְבַ֣ח Qal impv 2ms Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
- Psalms 50:23 זֹבֵ֥חַ Qal ptcp.act ms Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."
- Psalms 54:6 אֶזְבְּחָה Qal coh 1cs With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.
- Psalms 106:37 וַ/יִּזְבְּח֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
- Psalms 106:38 זִ֭בְּחוּ Piel pf 3cp They shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
- Psalms 107:22 וְ֭/יִזְבְּחוּ conj + Qal impf 3mp Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
- Psalms 116:17 אֶ֭זְבַּח Qal impf 1cs I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 57:7 לִ/זְבֹּ֥חַ prep + Qal inf.cs On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.
- Isaiah 65:3 זֹֽבְחִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;
- Isaiah 66:3 זוֹבֵ֤חַ Qal ptcp.act ms He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
Ezekiel 5 verses
- Ezekiel 16:20 וַ/תִּזְבָּחִ֥י/ם conj + Qal wimpf 2fs + sfx pers 3mp Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your prostitution a small matter,
- Ezekiel 20:28 וַ/יִּזְבְּחוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.
- Ezekiel 34:3 תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ Qal impf 2mp You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.
- Ezekiel 39:17 זֹבֵ֤חַ Qal ptcp.act ms You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
- Ezekiel 39:19 זָבַ֥חְתִּי Qal pf 1cs You shall eat fat until you be full, and drink blood until you be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
Hosea 6 verses
- Hosea 4:13 יְזַבֵּ֗חוּ Piel impf 3mp They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, And burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, Because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, And your brides commit adultery.
- Hosea 4:14 יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Piel impf 3mp I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; Because the men consort with prostitutes, And they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; And the people that does not understand will come to ruin.
- Hosea 8:13 יִזְבְּח֤וּ Qal impf 3mp As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, And punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
- Hosea 11:2 יְזַבֵּ֔חוּ Piel impf 3mp They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, And burned incense to engraved images.
- Hosea 12:11 זִבֵּ֑חוּ Piel pf 3cp If Gilead is wicked, Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
- Hosea 13:2 זֹבְחֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Now they sin more and more, And have made themselves molten images of their silver, Even idols according to their own understanding, All of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves."
Jonah 2 verses
- Jonah 1:16 וַ/יִּֽזְבְּחוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.
- Jonah 2:9 אֶזְבְּחָה Qal coh 1cs But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
Malachi 2 verses
- Malachi 1:8 לִ/זְבֹּ֨חַ֙ prep + Qal inf.cs When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?" says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 1:14 וְ/זֹבֵ֥חַ conj + Qal ptcp.act ms "But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
About this entry
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זבח — transliterated zâbach — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to sacrifice.” Debuting at Genesis 31:54, it then recurs through the corpus. With 127 verses in 24 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Read the stem: it spans 2 stems, including Qal and Piel. Sharing its root, it stands alongside דבח, זבח and מזבח. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2076 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 127
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 127 distinct verses.
- 24 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 24 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #332
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 332 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 127 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 127 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 61 verses · 48%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 37 verses · 29%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 29 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Sacrifice 18×, Offered 11×, Sacrificed 11×
- American Standard Version: Sacrifice 18×, Sacrificed 10×, Offer 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Sacrifice 26×, Sacrificed 14×, Offer 9×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Sacrifice 31×, Sacrificed 12×, They sacrificed 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2076 across 134 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2076 across 134 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 48 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2076 across 132 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 47 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2076 across 154 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
14 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 14 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. ז׳ 1 K 8:63; 13:2, זָבַחְתָּ Ex 20:24 + 3 times, זָבַחְתִּי Ez 39:19, זָֽבְחוּ Ex 34:15 Lv 17:5, זְבַחְתֶּם Ex 8:24, זָבַחְנוּ Ex 8:23; Impf. וַיִזְבַּח Gn 31:54 + 14 times; 2 ms. sf. תִּוְבָּחֶנּוּ Dt 15:21, 2 fs. sf. וַתִּזְבָּחִים Ez 16:20, 1 s. אֶזְבַּח ψ 116:17, אֶזְבְּחָה ψ 27:6; 54:8 Jon 2:10; 2 mpl. תִּזְבְּחוּ Lv 19:5 + 2 times, תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ Lv 22:29 + 2 times; 1 pl. נִוְבְּחָה Ex 3:18 +, etc. (61 times Impf.); Imv. זְבַח ψ 50:14, זִבְחוּ Ex 8:21 ψ 4:6; Inf. cstr. זְבֹחַ 1 S 15:15 + 14 times, לִזְבּוֹחַ 2 Ch 11:16, בְּזָבְחוֹ 2 S 15:12; Pt. act. זֹבֵחַ Ex 13:15 + 8 times, זוֹבֵחַ Is 66:3, pl. זֹבְחִים Lv 17:5 + (20 times Pt.)— e.g. 1 Kings 8:63
- I. slaughter for sacrifice
- 1. c. acc. of
- a. kind of sacrifice ז׳ זֶבַח Gn 31:54 +, †פֶּסַח Dt 16:2, 5, 6, †שְׁלָמְים Dt 27:7 Jos 8:31, †תּוֹדָה ψ 50:14, 23, †עֹלוֹת ושׁלמים Ex 20:24 (E); cf. 23:18. e.g. Genesis 31:54
- b. victims, (α) animals †בָּקָר וָצֹאן 1 K 8:63 Nu 22:40, †צאן ובקר 2 Ch 18:2, †הַבְּרִיאָה Ez 34:3, †כָּל־פֶּטֶר רֶחֶם Ex 13:15 (J); †פָּרִים וְאֵילִים 1 Ch 15:26, שׁוֹר וָשֶׂה Dt 17:1; (β) mankind †בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת ψ 106:37 Ez 16:20, †זֹבְחֵי אָדָם sacrificers of mankind Ho 13:2 (so Ra AE Hi Wü MV men that sacrifice AV RV after Ki, so Pu Ew Ke Now Che SS). e.g. 1 Kings 8:63
- c. †תּוֹעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם Ex 8:22(×2) (E), †מָשְׁחָת Mal 1:14. e.g. Exodus 8:22
- 2. absolute 1 S 1:3 + often e.g. 1 Samuel 1:3
- 3. c. לְ of deity, †לְדָגוֹן Ju 16:23, †לַשְּׂעִירִם Lv 17:7 (H), †לַשֵּׁדִים Dt 32:17 ψ 106:37; other gods Ex 34:15 (JE) +; but usually ליהוה Ex 3:18 + 9 times JE, Lv 17:5; 19:5; 22:5 (all H, not elsewhere in P), Dt 15:21; 16:2; 17:1; 1 S 1:3 +; †לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו Gn 46:1 (E), לאלהים ψ 50:14, †לאדני Mal 1:14. e.g. Judges 16:23
- 4. with local prep. בְּ Gn 31:54 (E) +, עַל Ex 20:24 (E) +; לפני Lv 9:4 (P) +, על פני השׂדה Lv 17:5 (H). e.g. Genesis 31:54
- 1. c. acc. of
- II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RSSem 219) 1 S 28:24 (fat calf for Saul), Ez 34:3 (fat sheep for shepherds), 2 Ch 18:2 (sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat, c. לְ of person); cf. Dt 12:15; v 21 (abs.), 1 K 19:21. e.g. 1 Samuel 28:24
- III. slaughter in divine judgment Ez 39:17–19 c. acc. זִבְחִי (Gog and Magog as feast for vultures), 1 K 13:2 2 K 23:20 (priests of high-places on their own altars). e.g. Ezekiel 39:17
Piel
- Pf. זִבַּח 2 Ch 33:22, זִבְּחוּ ψ 106:38, זִבֵּ֑חוּ Ho 12:12; Impf. יְזַבֵּחַ Hb 1:16, יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Ho 4:13, 14; 11:2 (7 times Impf.) Inf. cstr. לְזַבֵּחַ 1 K 12:32; Pt. מְזַבֵּחַ 1 K 3:3, pl. מְזַבְּחִים 2 Ch 5:6 + 8 times, מְזַבְּחוֹת 1 K 11:8;—sacrifice, e.g. 2 Chronicles 33:22
- 1. of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1 K 8:5 = 2 Ch 5:6, and Hezekiah 2 Ch 30:22, and prob. intensive; but e.g. 1 Kings 8:5
- 2. elsewhere of sacrifice to other deities, possibly iterative in some cases, but certainly not in all: לַבְּעָלִים Ho 11:2, לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן 1 K 11:8, לַעֲגָלִים 12:32, לְחֶרְמוֹ Hb 1:16, לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָ֑עַן ψ 106:38, לֵאלֹהֵי דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 2 Ch 28:23, לְכָל־הַפְּסִילִים 33:22; or in unlawful places עַל־רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים Ho 4:13 cf. v 14, בַּגִּלְגָּל 12:12, בַּבָּמוֹת 1 K 3:2, 3; 22:44 2 K 12:4; 14:4; 15:4, 35, 16:4 = 2 Ch 28:4. It is used without direct obj. Ho 4:14 and often; also c. acc. of victim שְׁוָרִים Ho 12:12 צֹאן וּבָקָר 1 K 8:5 = 2 Ch 5:6; sons and daughters ψ 106:38, זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים 2 Ch 30:22. e.g. Hosea 11:2
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. slaughter for sacrifice (NH id., Ph. זבח; Assyrian zibû DlPr 174 cf. LotzTP 174; Arabic ذَبَحَ, Sab. דֿבח CIS iv. 1, 2, No.; 74 l. 11, 12; Aramaic דְּבַח, ܕܒܰܚ, Ethiopic ዘብሐ )
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
זָבַח
- [to give a feast,] to slaughter, sacrifice. Ḥull. II, 3 (ref. to Deut. XXVII, 7) מה שאתה זוֹבֵחַ וכ׳ thou mayest eat what thou (a human hand) cuttest. Snh. 60ᵇ בזובח לעכו"ם of one sacrificing to an idol; a. fr.—Part. pass. זָבוּחַ. Lev. R. s. 10 (play on מזבח, Ex. XXXII, 5) מֵהַזָּ׳ לפניו וכ׳ he was afraid on account of him who lay killed before him (Hur); a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 27:7
- same. Snh. 62ᵃ ז׳ וקיטר וכ׳ if he slaughtered a sacrifice, and burnt &c. (to an idol). Ib. VII, 6 (60ᵇ) המְזַבֵּחַ Talm. ed. (Mish. הזובח) he who offers an animal (to an idol), a. fr.—V. זָבַל
- to be sacrificed, to be slaughtered; to die as a martyr. Zeb. I, 1 שנִזְבְּחוּ שלא לשמן which were offered not for the purpose for which they were dedicated. Y. Snh. X, 29ᶜ top (play on עלי זבח, Ps. L, 5) שעילו אותי ונזבחו על שמי who raised me and sacrificed themselves for my name’s sake; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 50:5
זֶבַח
- preced.) a slaughtering, sacrifice, esp. (festive) peace-offering (חֲגִיגָה). Pes. X, 9. Tosef. ib. X, 14. Tosef. Ber. V, 22; a. fr.—Pl. זְבָחִים, constr. זִבְחֵי. Ib. Zeb. I, 1 כל הז׳ all animalic offerings; a. fr.—Z’baḥim, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Babli (also called שְׁחִיטַת קָדֳשִׁים).
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 103 distinct written forms H2076 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 43 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2076, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 120 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 127 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 31:54
- Exodus 3:18
- Leviticus 9:4
- Numbers 22:40
- Deuteronomy 12:15
- Judges 2:5
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Samuel 6:13
- 1 Kings 1:9
- 2 Kings 12:3
- 1 Chronicles 15:26
- 2 Chronicles 5:6
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
