Slaughter
Slaughter
is used in two quotations from the Sept., Act 8:32 from Isa 53:7, and Rom 8:36 from Psa 44:22; in the latter the quotation is set in a strain of triumph, the passage quoted being an utterance of sorrow. In Jam 5:5 there is an allusion to Jer 12:3, the luxurious rich, getting wealth by injustice, spending it on their pleasures, are “fattening themselves like sheep unconscious of their doom.”
“a stroke” (akin to kopto, “to strike, to cut”), signifies “a smiting in battle,” in Heb 7:1. In the Sept., Gen 14:17; Deu 28:25; Jos 10:20.
“a killing, murder,” is rendered “slaughter” in Act 9:1; see MURDER.