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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.
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