Murderer Killer

† רָצַח vb. murder, slay (NH (rare, also in deriv.) = BH; cf. Arabic رَضَحَ, رَضَخَ break, bruise, crush);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. consec. זְר׳ Nu 35:27, וּרְצָחוֹ Dt 22:26; 2 ms. (הֲ)רָצַחְתָּ 1 K 21:19; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְצַח Nu 35:30; Dt 4:42; 2 ms. (-צַח) תִּרְצָ֑ח Ex 20:13 = Dt 5:17; inf. abs. רָצֹחַ Ho 4:2; Je 7:9; Pt. act. רֹצֵחַ Dt 19:3 +, רוֹ׳ 4:42 +;—murder, slay, with premeditation, Ex 20:13 (E) = Dt 5:17; Ho 4:2; Je 7:9; 1 K 21:19 (all abs.); c. acc. pers. Dt 22:26, unawares Dt 4:42; slay as avenger Nu 35:27, 30 (P; ‖ הֵמִית v 19, 21); especially pt. as subst. = slayer, manslayer, without intent, Dt 4:42; 19:3, 4, 6; also in P: Nu 35:6, 11, 12, 25, 26, 27, 28; Jos 20:3, 5, 6; 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 26 (van d. H., Baer, v 33 Gi; all P); murderer, with intent, Nu 35:16(×2), 17(×2), 18(×2), 19, 21(×2), 30, 31; also Jb 24:14. Niph. Impf. 1 s. אֵרָצֵחַ Pr 22:13 I shall be slain; Pt. fs. as adj. אִשָּׁה הַנִּרְצָחָה Ju 20:4 the murdered woman. Pi. (intens.) murder, assassinate: 3 mpl. יְרַצְּחוּ Ho 6:9 (abs.), יְרַצֵּ֑חוּ ψ 94:6 (acc. pers., ‖ הָרַג); ψ 62:4 v. infr.; Pt. מְרַצֵּחַ, as subst. 2 K 6:32 murderer, assassin; pl. מְרַצְּחִים Is 1:21 assassins. Pu. Impf., 2 mpl. תְּרָצְּחוּ ψ 62:4, so Baer Gi, van d. H. תְּרָצְהוּ, but Ben Napht. Pi. תְּרַצְּחוּ (Baer 143), so Vrss Hup-Now De Che Bae al. ye murder (or batter, shatter).

φον-εύς, ὁ, genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος Refs 8th c.BC+; accusative φονέα (in first foot of trimeter) Refs 5th c.BC+: nominative plural φονέες Refs 2nd c.AD+, Attic dialect φονῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; but contraction φονεῖς Refs 1st c.AD+:—slayer, Refs 8th c.BC+; φονέας αὑτῶν self-murderers, Refs 5th c.BC+ [same place]; τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον φονεύς ἐστιν is so much more justly accounted a murderer, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the sword on which Ajax had thrown himself, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 σοῦ φονέως μεμνημένος you, my destroyer, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 metaphorically, τῆς ὑμετέρας εὐσεβείας φονῆς Refs 5th c.BC+

ἀνθρωπο-κτόνος, ον, murdering men, homicide, NT+5th c.BC+ __II proparoxytone, ἀνθρωπόκτονος βορά feeding on slaughtered men, Refs 5th c.BC+

ἀνδρο-φόνος, ον, man-slaying, Homeric epithet of Hector, Refs 8th c.BC+; of Achilles, χεῖρες ἀ.Refs; homicide, Refs 5th c.BC+; generally, murderous, ἀ. τὴν φύσινRefs 4th c.BC+:—rarely except of slaughter in battle, but in Refs 8th c.BC+ a murderous drug:—epithet of αῖμα, Refs 5th c.AD+ __2 of women, murdering their husbands, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II as law-term, one convicted of manslaughter, homicide, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III ἀ. Κῶνος, a landmark at Athens, Refs

σῑκάριος [ᾱ], ὁ, = Latin sicarius, NT+1st c.AD+