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.‘Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;Matthew 26:47 · μαχαιρῶνAnd while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.Matthew 26:51 · μάχαιρανAnd lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear.Matthew 26:52 · μάχαιράν · μάχαιραν · μαχαίρῃThen saith Jesus to him, ‘Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;Matthew 26:55 · μαχαιρῶνIn that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, ‘As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;Mark 14:43 · μαχαιρῶνAnd immediately—while he is yet speaking—cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;Mark 14:47 · μάχαιρανand a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.Mark 14:48 · μαχαιρῶνAnd Jesus answering said to them, ‘As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!Luke 21:24 · μαχαίρηςand they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.Luke 22:36 · μάχαιραν.Then said he to them, ‘But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take it up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,Luke 22:38 · μάχαιραιAnd they said, ‘Sir, lo, here are two swords;’ and he said to them, ‘It is sufficient.’Luke 22:49 · μαχαίρῃ;And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, ‘Sir, shall we smite with a sword?’Luke 22:52 · μαχαιρῶνAnd Jesus said to those having come upon him—chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders—‘As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?John 18:10 · μάχαιρανSimon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear—and the name of the servant was Malchus—John 18:11 · μάχαιρανJesus, therefore, said to Peter, ‘Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?’Acts 12:2 · μαχαίρῃ.and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,Acts 16:27 · μάχαιρανand the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,Romans 8:35 · μάχαιρα;Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Romans 13:4 · μάχαιρανfor of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.Ephesians 6:17 · μάχαιρανand the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,Hebrews 4:12 · μάχαιρανfor the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;Hebrews 11:34 · μαχαίρης,quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.Hebrews 11:37 · μαχαίρηςthey were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins—being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,Revelation 6:4 · μάχαιραand there went forth another horse—red, and to him who is sitting upon it, there was given to him to take the peace from the land, and that one another they may slay, and there was given to him a great sword.Revelation 13:10 · μαχαίρῃ · μαχαίρῃif any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.Revelation 13:14 · μαχαίρηςand it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,