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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)
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - There are those whose teeth are swords,
whose fangs are knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
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