sphage refers to slaughter in scenes involving sheep and the killing or fate of those compared with sheep.

The attested passages use the term for slaughter in imagery of sheep: a sheep is led to it in Acts 8:32, people are regarded as sheep for it in Romans 8:36, and James 5:5 speaks of a day of slaughter.

1. Slaughter involving sheep imagery · dominant

   In Acts 8:32, the accusative singular form occurs in the clause the APB renders, "Like a sheep he was led to slaughter." In Romans 8:36, the genitive singular form appears where the APB renders people as "sheep to be slaughtered"; James 5:5 uses the same genitive singular form in "a day of slaughter."

   Acts 8:32Romans 8:36James 5:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "slaughter" in Acts 8:32 and James 5:5, and with "slaughtered" in Romans 8:36. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent in every case.