Genesis 4:8
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
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Slew
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1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
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25 occurrences in 24 verses.
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Genesis
77 verses
Exodus
22 verses
Leviticus
66 verses
Numbers
32 verses
Joshua
66 verses
Judges
2321 verses
1 Samuel
1717 verses
2 Samuel
2119 verses
1 Kings
1414 verses
2 Kings
2524 verses
1 Chronicles
1614 verses
2 Chronicles
1717 verses
Nehemiah
11 verses
Esther
44 verses
Psalms
55 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
108 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
44 verses
Daniel
22 verses
Matthew
44 verses
Luke
11 verses
Acts
33 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 John
21 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
נָכָה
nâkâh · naw-kaw'
57 times translated as this KJV form500 total Strong's occurrences
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 2:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 9:7
Open full H5221 profile →הָרַג
hârag · haw-rag'
56 times translated as this KJV form167 total Strong's occurrences
to smite with deadly intent
Strong's KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), × surely.
Strong's first: Genesis 4:25Strong's last: Ezekiel 23:10
Open full H2026 profile →מוּת
mûwth · mooth
40 times translated as this KJV form832 total Strong's occurrences
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.
Strong's first: Genesis 38:7Strong's last: Jeremiah 41:8
Open full H4191 profile →שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ · shaw-khat'
21 times translated as this KJV form81 total Strong's occurrences
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
Strong's KJV usage: kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
Strong's first: Leviticus 8:15Strong's last: Ezekiel 40:42
Open full H7819 profile →ἀποκτείνω
apokteínō · ap-ok-ti'-no
4 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy
Strong's KJV usage: :--put to death, kill, slay.
Strong's first: Matthew 21:39Strong's last: Romans 7:11
Open full G615 profile →חָלָל
châlâl · khaw-lawl'
4 times translated as this KJV form94 total Strong's occurrences
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
Strong's KJV usage: kill, profane, slain (man), × slew, (deadly) wounded.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 16:24Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 11:20
Open full H2491 profile →ἀναιρέω
anairéō · an-ahee-reh'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder
Strong's KJV usage: :--put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.
Strong's first: Matthew 2:16Strong's last: Acts 22:20
Open full G337 profile →זָבַח
zâbach · zaw-bakh'
3 times translated as this KJV form134 total Strong's occurrences
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
Strong's KJV usage: kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 1:9Strong's last: 2 Kings 23:20
Open full H2076 profile →διαχειρίζομαι
diacheirízomai · dee-akh-i-rid'-zom-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to handle thoroughly, i.e. lay violent hands upon
Strong's KJV usage: :--kill, slay.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 5:30Strong's last: Acts 5:30
Open full G1315 profile →σφάζω
spházō · sfad'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)
Strong's KJV usage: :--kill, slay, wound.
Strong's first: 1 John 3:12Strong's last: 1 John 3:12
Open full G4969 profile →φονεύω
phoneúō · fon-yoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to be a murderer (of)
Strong's KJV usage: :--kill, do murder, slay.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 23:35Strong's last: Matthew 23:35
Open full G5407 profile →הָוָא
hâvâʼ · hav-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
Strong's KJV usage: be, become, behold, came (to pass), cease, cleave, consider, do, give, have, judge, keep, labour, mingle (self), put, see, seek, set, slay, take heed, tremble, walk, would.
Strong's first: Daniel 5:19Strong's last: Daniel 5:19
Open full H1934 profile →נָפַל
nâphal · naw-fal'
1 times translated as this KJV form435 total Strong's occurrences
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 32:21Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 32:21
Open full H5307 profile →קְטַל
qᵉṭal · ket-al'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to kill
Strong's KJV usage: slay.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:22Strong's last: Daniel 3:22
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H2026
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
H7819
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
H2026
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
H5221
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
H5221
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
H7819
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
H5221
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
H2026
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
H4191
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
H5221
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
H5221
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
H4191
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
H5221
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
H4191
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
H4191
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
H4191
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
H4191
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
H4191
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
H2026
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
H4191
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
H5221
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
H2076
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
H4191
In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
H7819
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
H4191
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
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slew
SLEW, preterit tense of slay.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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