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)
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G3162 — μάχαιρα
machaira · sword · Greek
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Matthew 10:34 · μάχαιραν.Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.Matthew 26:47 · μαχαιρῶνAnd while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.Matthew 26:51 · μάχαιρανAnd, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out [his] hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.Matthew 26:52 · μάχαιράν · μάχαιραν · μαχαίρῃThen said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.Matthew 26:55 · μαχαιρῶνIn that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.Mark 14:43 · μαχαιρῶνAnd immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.Mark 14:47 · μάχαιρανAnd one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.Mark 14:48 · μαχαιρῶνAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and [with] staves to take me?Luke 21:24 · μαχαίρηςAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.Luke 22:36 · μάχαιραν.Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take [it], and likewise [his] scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.Luke 22:38 · μάχαιραιAnd they said, Lord, behold, here [are] two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.Luke 22:49 · μαχαίρῃ;When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?Luke 22:52 · μαχαιρῶνThen Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?John 18:10 · μάχαιρανThen Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.John 18:11 · μάχαιρανThen said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?Acts 12:2 · μαχαίρῃ.And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.Acts 16:27 · μάχαιρανAnd the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.Romans 8:35 · μάχαιρα;Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Romans 13:4 · μάχαιρανFor he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.Ephesians 6:17 · μάχαιρανAnd take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:Hebrews 4:12 · μάχαιρανFor the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.Hebrews 11:34 · μαχαίρης,Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.Hebrews 11:37 · μαχαίρηςThey were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;Revelation 6:4 · μάχαιραAnd there went out another horse [that was] red: and [power] was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.Revelation 13:10 · μαχαίρῃ · μαχαίρῃHe that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.Revelation 13:14 · μαχαίρηςAnd deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.