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Lexicon :: Strong's G3162 - machaira

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μάχαιρα
Transliteration
machaira (Key)
Pronunciation
makh'-ahee-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of μάχη (G3163)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:524,572

Strong’s Definitions

μάχαιρα máchaira, makh'-ahee-rah; probably feminine of a presumed derivative of G3163; a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment:—sword.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G3162 in the following manner: sword (29x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G3162 in the following manner: sword (29x).

  1. a large knife, used for killing animals and cutting up flesh

  2. a small sword, as distinguished from a large sword

    1. curved sword, for a cutting stroke

    2. a straight sword, for thrusting

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάχαιρα máchaira, makh'-ahee-rah; probably feminine of a presumed derivative of G3163; a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment:—sword.
STRONGS G3162:
μάχαιρα, genitive μαχαίρας (so (with R G) Lachmann in Luke 21:24) and μαχαίρης, dative μάχαιρα. (so (with R G) Lachmann in Luke 22:49; Acts 12:2) and μαχαίρῃ (between which forms the manuscripts vary, cf. (Scrivener, Collation, etc., p. lvi.; Tdf. Proleg., p. 117; WHs Appendix, p. 156a); Winers Grammar, 62 (61); Buttmann, 11; Delitzsch on Hebrews 11:34, p. 584 note), ἡ, (akin to μάχη and Latinmactare);
1. a large knife, used for killing animals and cutting up flesh: Homer, Pindar, Herodotus, at.; hence, Genesis 22:6, 10; Judges 19:29 Alex., for מַאֲכֶלֶת.
2. a small sword, distinguished from the large sword, the ῤομφαία (Josephus, Antiquities 6, 9, 5 ἀποτεμνει τήν κεφαλήν τῇ ῤομφαία τῇ ἐκείνου (Goliath's), μάχαιραν, οὐκ ἔχων αὐτός), and curred, for a cutting stroke; distinct also from ξίφος, a straight sword, for thrusting, Xenophon, r. eq. 12, 11, cf. Hell. 3, 3, 7; but the words are frequently used interchangeably. In the N. T. universally, a sword (the Sept. often for חֶרֶב): as a weapon for making or repelling an attack, Matthew 26:47, 51, 52,(55); Mark 14:43, 47; Luke 22:36, 38, 49, 52; John 18:10; Acts 16:27; Hebrews 11:37; Revelation 6:4; Revelation 13:10,(14); by a Hebraism, στόμα μαχαίρας, the edge of the sword (חֶרֶב פִּי, Genesis 34:26; Joshua 8:24; 1 Samuel 13:22; Judges 3:16, etc. (but in the Sept. the rendering στόμα ξίφους or στόμα ῤομφαίας is more common)): Luke 21:24; Hebrews 11:34; μάχαιρα δίστομος (see δίστομος), Hebrews 4:12. of the sword as the instrument of a magistrate or judge: death by the sword, Romans 8:35; ἀναιρεῖν τινα μάχαιρα, Acts 12:2; τήν μαχαίρας φόρειν, to bear the sword, is used of him to whom the sword has been committed, viz. to use when a malefactor is to he punished; hence, equivalent to to have the power of life and death, Romans 13:4 (so ξίφος, ξιφη ἔχειν, Philostr. vit. Apoll. 7, 16; vit. sophist. 1, 25, 2 (3), cf. Dion Cass. 42, 27; and in the Talmud the king who bears the sword, of the Hebrew king). Metaphorically, μάχαιρα, a weapon of war, is used for war, or for quarrels and dissensions that destroy peace; so in the phrase βαλεῖν μάχαιραν ἐπί τήν τήν, to send war on earth, Matthew 10:34 (for which Luke 12:51 says διαμερισμόν); ἡ μάχαιρα τοῦ πνεύματος, the sword with which the Spirit subdues the impulses to sin and proves its own power and efficacy (which sword is said to be ῤῆμα Θεοῦ (cf. Buttmann, 128 (112))), Ephesians 6:17 (on the genitive in this passage cf. Ellicott or Meyer).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
22:6; 22:10; 34:26
Joshua
8:24
Judges
3:16; 19:29
1 Samuel
13:22
Matthew
10:34; 26:47; 26:51; 26:52
Mark
14:43; 14:47
Luke
12:51; 21:24; 21:24; 22:36; 22:38; 22:49; 22:49; 22:52
John
18:10
Acts
12:2; 12:2; 16:27
Romans
8:35; 13:4
Ephesians
6:17
Hebrews
4:12; 11:34; 11:34; 11:37
Revelation
6:4; 13:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3162 matches the Greek μάχαιρα (machaira),
which occurs 172 times in 159 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 22:6–2Ch 23:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - And Abraam took the wood of the whole-burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into his hands both the fire and the [fn]knife, and the two went together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraam stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be a time when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - And I give to thee Sicima, a select portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - And Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - (LXX 22:23) And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8 - And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase tens of thousands; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - And I will scatter you among the nations, and the sword shall come upon you and consume you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - For Amalec and the Chananite are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me; and if I had had a sword in my hand, I would now have killed thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding him in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshipped on his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - (LXX 13:16) thou shalt utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; ye shall solemnly curse it, and all things in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - until the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy hands, and thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my weapons drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, it shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity of the [fn]heads of their enemies that rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Blessed art thou, O Israel; who is like to thee, O people saved by the Lord? thy helper shall hold his shield over thee, and his sword is thy boast; and thine enemies shall speak falsely to thee, and thou shalt tread upon their neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - And about this time the Lord said to Joshua, Make thee stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the children of Israel the second time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the “Hill of Foreskins.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - (LXX 19:48) And the sons of Dan went and fought against Lachis, and took it, and smote it with the [fn]edge of the sword; and they dwelt in it, and called the name of it Lasendan:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set every man's sword in all the host against his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - And he said to Jether his first-born, Rise and slay them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - And he cried out quickly to the young man his armour-bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, lest at any time they should say, A woman slew him: and his young man thrust him through and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - And he took his sword, and laid hold of his concubine, and divided her into twelve parts, and sent them to every coast of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - And they seized every one the head of his neighbour with his hand, and his sword was thrust into the side of his neighbour, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - And David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in thine eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen thine array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen [fn]him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise, and let us flee, for we have no refuge from Abessalom: make haste and go, lest he overtake us speedily, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - And they were by the great stone that is in Gabaon: and Amessai went in before them: and Joab [fn]had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his [fn]bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abessai his brother pursued after Sabee the son of Bochori.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people [fn]rested behind him only to strip the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:24 - And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28 - And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the [fn]blood gushed out upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:37 - And it came to pass, while he was worshipping in the house of Meserach his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararath; and Asordan his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, were forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda were four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine, or that thou shouldest flee three months from the face of thine enemies, and the sword of thine enemies shall be employed to destroy thee, or that the sword of the Lord and pestilence should be three days in the land, and the angel of the Lord shall be destroying in all the inheritance of Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the message.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - And Jodae gave to the men the swords, and the shields, and the arms, which had belonged to king David, in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 - And Jodae the priest went forth, and Jodae the priest charged the captains of hundreds, even the captains of the host, and said to them, Thrust her forth outside the house, and follow her, and let her be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:21 - And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet: and they slew Gotholia.

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