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Lexicon :: Strong's H3979 - ma'ăḵeleṯ

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מַאֲכֶלֶת
Transliteration
ma'ăḵeleṯ
Pronunciation
mah-ak-eh'-leth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 85e

Strong’s Definitions

מַאֲכֶלֶת maʼăkeleth, mah-ak-eh'-leth; from H398; something to eat with, i.e. a knife:—knife.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3979 in the following manner: knife (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3979 in the following manner: knife (4x).

  1. knife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַאֲכֶלֶת maʼăkeleth, mah-ak-eh'-leth; from H398; something to eat with, i.e. a knife:—knife.
STRONGS H3979: Abbreviations
† מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת noun feminine knife (as cutting instrum., or instrument for dividing, making small, compare Siegfried ThLZ. Nov. 17. '83) Judges 19:29; מַאֲכֶ֑לֶת Genesis 22:6, 10, plural מַאֲכָלוֺת Proverbs 30:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:6; 22:10

Judges

19:29

Proverbs

30:14

H3979

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3979 matches the Hebrew מַאֲכֶלֶת (ma'ăḵeleṯ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it [fn]on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the [fn]fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to [fn]kill his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he arrived at his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his [dead] concubine, he cut her [corpse] limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her [body parts] throughout all the territory of Israel.

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There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords

And whose jaw teeth are like knives,

To devour the afflicted from the earth

And the needy from among men.

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