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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)
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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 175 times in 162 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 22:6–2Ch 23:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - By your sword you shall live,
And you shall serve your brother;
And it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - “Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - “and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8 - Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight;
your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant;
when you are gathered together within your cities I will send pestilence among you;
and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you;
your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - “For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the LORD, the LORD will not be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - Then Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - “you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it, all that is in it and its livestock—with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - “And when the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - The sword shall destroy outside;
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - If I whet My glittering sword,
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Happy are you, O Israel!
Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,
The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies shall submit to you,
And you shall tread down their high places.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And it happened, as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, that the LORD cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - And the border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:42 - Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Serah, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - Now Ehud made himself a dagger (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - Even the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia,[fn] toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - And he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise, kill them!” But the youth would not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - Then he called quickly to the young man, his armorbearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his young man thrust him through, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he entered his house he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine, and divided her into twelve pieces, limb by limb,[fn] and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - And each one grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Swords,[fn] which is in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. Now Joab was dressed in battle armor; on it was a belt with a sword fastened in its sheath at his hips; and as he was going forward, it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:24 - Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28 - So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:37 - Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, who went to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - ‘either three[fn] years of famine, or three months to be defeated by your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or else for three days the sword of the LORD—the plague in the land, with the angel[fn] of the LORD destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now consider what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields which had belonged to King David, that were in the temple of God.

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