# טָבַח (tavach)

Israeli respelling: ta-vach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2873. 11 Old Testament occurrences.

to slaughter (animals or men)

King James renderings: kill, (make) slaughter, slay.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tavach-h2873

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 43:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/16) — And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men sh…
- [Exodus 22:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/1) — If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- [Deuteronomy 28:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/31) — Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, an…
- [1 Samuel 25:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/11) — Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence the…
- [Psalms 37:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/14) — The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversati…
- [Proverbs 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/9/2) — She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
- [Jeremiah 11:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/11/19) — But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us de…
- [Jeremiah 25:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/34) — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your disp…
- [Jeremiah 51:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/40) — I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
- [Lamentations 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/21) — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the da…
- [Ezekiel 21:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/10) — It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son,…