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Knife

(1. ) Heb. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Study overview

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H3979, H4252, H7915, H2719
Hebrew
מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת · maʼăkeleth

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חֶרֶב

H2719
Transliteration
chereb
Pronunciation
kheh'-reb
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
413

Glosses

axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Lexicon definition

drought

also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מַאֲכֶלֶת

H3979
Transliteration
maʼăkeleth
Pronunciation
mah-ak-eh'-leth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

knife.

Lexicon definition

something to eat with,i.e. a knife

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מַחֲלָף

H4252
Transliteration
machălâph
Pronunciation
makh-al-awf'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

knife.

Lexicon definition

a (sacrificial) knife (as gliding through the flesh)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שַׂכִּין

H7915
Transliteration
sakkîyn
Pronunciation
sak-keen'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

knife.

Lexicon definition

a knife (as pointed or edged)

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Knife

(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.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Knife

Indexed occurrences: 7

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All Scripture references9 references

Genesis 2

Genesis 22:6Genesis 22:10

Exodus 1

Exodus 4:25

Judges 1

Judges 19:29

Ezra 1

Ezra 1:9

Proverbs 2

Proverbs 23:2Proverbs 30:14

Isaiah 1

Isaiah 18:5

Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah 36:23

Topical Bible

Sources

Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Herod Has Thoughts Of Killing Himself With His Own Hand; And A Little Afterwards He Orders Antipater To Be Slain.

Antiquities Book 17, Chapter 7

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Topic

KNIFE

Nave’s Topical Bible references for KNIFE.

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Dictionary

Knife

(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.

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