HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3979
מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת
ma.a.khe.let — knife
knife
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Knife
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4252
מַחֲלָף
ma.cha.laph — knife
knife
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7915
שַׂכִּין
sak.kin — knife
knife
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2719
חֶ֫רֶב
che.rev — sword
1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone
292 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3162
μάχαιρα
machaira — sword
μάχαιρα, -ης (Att.. -ας; see WH, App., 1568; ΒΙ., § 7, 1), ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב; also for מַאֲכֶלֶת, etc. ;] 1. (in Hom., al.) a large knife or dirk, for sacrificial purposes (Gen.22:6, 10, Jdg.19:20 A). 2. a short sword or dagger (as disting. from ῥομφαία, a large broad sword and ξίφος, a straight sword for thrusting): Mat.26:47 ff., Mrk.14:43, 47-48, Luk.22:36 ff., Jhn.18:10-11 Act.16:27, Heb.11:37, Rev.6:4 13:10, 14; στόμα μαχαίρης (as in Heb. חֶרֶב פֶּה, Gen.34:26, al.), the edge of the sword: Luk.21:24, Heb.11:34; μ. δίστομος, Heb.4:12; ἀναιρεῖν μαχαίρῃ, Act.12:2; τὴν μ. φορεῖν, Rom.13:4. Metaphorical, Mat.10:34 (opposite to εἰρήνη), Rom.8:35; μ. τοῦ πνεῦματος, Eph.6:17.† (AS)
26 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4211
מַזְמֵרָה
maz.me.rah — pruner
pruning knife
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6864
צֹר
tsor — flint
1) flint, hard pebble 1a) used as a knife
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6747
γλύφω
gluphō — to carve
1. to carve, cut out with a knife , (Aristophanes Comicus); γλ. σφρηγῖδας to engrave them, (Herdotus Historicus); of sculptors, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. to note down [on tablets], τόκους [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7038
ἐγχειρίδιος
egcheiridios — a knife
1. in the hand , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. as Substantive, ἐγχειρίδιον, ου, τό, a hand-knife, dagger , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8426
ξίφος
xiphos — a knife-blade
a sword , (Homer); distinguished from μάχαιρα, q. see. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8629
παραξιφίς
paraxiphis — a dagger
a knife worn beside the sword, a dirk , (Strabo Geographus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8958
πρόχειρος
procheiros — beforehand
1. at hand, ready , (Aeschulus Tragicus); of a drawn sword or knife, (Sophocles Tragicus); λίθοις καὶ . . ἀκοντίοις, ὡς ἕκαστός τι πρόχειρον εἶχε (Thucydides); ὃ προχειρότατον ἔχω εἰπεῖν (Demosthenes Orator) 2. πρόχειρόν [ ἐστι] it is easy , with infinitive, (Plato Philosophus), etc. 3. of persons, ready to do, with infinitive, (Sophocles Tragicus); with dative, πρ. τῇ φυγῇ ready for flight, (Euripides) 4. adverb -ρως, off-hand, readily , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9419
τέμνω
temnō — to prune
1. to cut, hew , (Homer), etc.; ὀδόντας οἵους τέμνειν teeth fit for cutting , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to cut, wound, maim , (Iliad by Homer); πρὸς δέρην τ. to wound her in the neck, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. of a surgeon, to cut , (Iliad by Homer): absolute to use the knife , as opposite to cautery ( κάειν), (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.:—;Pass. to be operated upon , (Plato Philosophus) 4. to cut up, cut to pieces , (Homer), etc.:—; to slaughter, sacrifice , (Iliad by Homer) 5. ὅρκια τάμνειν to sacrifice in attestation of an oath, and so to take solemn oaths , (Homer); θάνατόν νύ τοι ὅρκι᾽ ἔταμνον I made a truce which was death to thee, (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid., of two parties, ὅρκια τάμνεσθαι (Herdotus Historicus):—;cf. Lat. foedus ferire. 6. φάρμακον τέμνειν to cut or chop up a plant for purposes of medicine or witchcraft, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; ἄκος τέμνειν to contrive a means or remedy, (Euripides) 7. to divide , of a river, μέσην τ. Λιβύην to cut it in twain, (Herdotus Historicus); δίχα τ. to cut in two, bisect , (Plato Philosophus) 8. to cut asunder, cut off, sever , κεφαλὴν ἀπὸ δειρῆς (Iliad by Homer), etc.; with double accusative, ἐρινεὸν τάμνε ὄρπηκας cut the branches off the fig-tree, (Iliad by Homer); and in Pass., τρίχας ἐτμήθην had them cut off , (Euripides) 9. to part off, mark off , τέμενος (Iliad by Homer) 10. to cut down, fell trees, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;Mid., δοῦρα τάμνεσθαι to fell oneself timber, (Odyssey by Homer) 11. λίθον τ. to hew stone, (Plato Philosophus): Mid., λίθους τάμνεσθαι to have them wrought or hewn , (Herdotus Historicus) 12. to cut down for purposes of destruction, (Euripides), etc.; τ. τὴν γῆν to ravage the country by felling the trees and cutting the corn , (Herdotus Historicus); with partitive genitive, τῆς γῆς τ. to waste part of it, (Thucydides) 13. to cut or hew into shape , δούρατα (Odyssey by Homer), etc. 14. to cut lengthwise, to plough , Solon. 15. τ. ὁδόν to cut or make a road, (Thucydides):—;Pass., τέτμηνται κέλευθοι (Pindar) 16. also to make one's way, advance , τ. ὁδόν (Euripides); τὴν μεσόγαιαν τ. τῆς ὁδοῦ to take the middle road, strike through the interior, (Herdotus Historicus); μέσον τέμνειν to hold a middle course, (Plato Philosophus) 17. of ships, to cut through the waves, plough the sea , (Odyssey by Homer):—;so of birds, to cleave the air, (Aristophanes Comicus) 18. to bring to a decision , Lat. decidere, (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9460
τομή
tomē — pruning
1. the end left after cutting, the stump of a tree, (Iliad by Homer); δοκοῦ τ. the end of a beam, (Thucydides); λίθοι ἐν τομῇ ἐγγώνιοι stones cut square, (Thucydides); so, τομῇ προσθεῖσα βόστρυχον having fitted the lock to the place from which it was cut , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. a cutting, hewing, cleaving , ἐν τομᾷ σιδήρου by stroke of iron, (Sophocles Tragicus); φασγάνου τομαί (Euripides):—;as a surgical operation, τομῇ χρῆσθαι (Plato Philosophus); διὰ καύσεών τε καὶ τομῶν by cautery and the knife , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9461
τομίς
tomis — a pruning knife
a pruning knife
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(1.) Heb. hereb, “the waster,” a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. “knives of flint;” comp. Ex. 4:25); a razor (Ezek. 5:1); a graving tool (Ex. 20:25); an axe (Ezek. 26:9). (2.) Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food (Gen. 22:6, 10; Prov. 30:14). (3.) Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife (Prov. 23:2). (4.) Heb. mahalaph, a butcher’s knife for slaughtering the victims offered in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9). (5.) Smaller knives (Heb. ta’ar, Jer. 36:26) were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in Isa. 18:5 (Heb. mizmaroth) were probably curved knives.
Scripture references
Joshua 5:2Joshua 5:3Exodus 4:25Ezekiel 5:1Exodus 20:25Ezekiel 26:9Genesis 22:6Genesis 22:10Proverbs 30:14Proverbs 23:2Ezra 1:9Jeremiah 36:26Isaiah 18:5Leviticus 7:33Leviticus 7:34Leviticus 8:15Leviticus 8:20Leviticus 8:25Leviticus 9:13Numbers 18:181 Samuel 9:24Jeremiah 36:23Numbers 6:5Numbers 6:9Numbers 6:191 Kings 18:28
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.