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Knife

(1. ) Heb. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H3979, H4252, H7915
Hebrew
מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת

Strong’s and original-language information

H3979

מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת

Glosses: knife, cutting

Indexed occurrences: 4

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

H4252

מַחֲלָף

Glosses: knife

Indexed occurrences: 1

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

H7915

שַׂכִּין

Glosses: knife

Indexed occurrences: 1

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Knife

(1.) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. "knives of flint;" comp. Ex. 4:25); a razor (Ezek. 5:1); a graving tool (Ex. 20:25); an axe (Ezek. 26:9). (2.) Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food (Gen. 22:6, 10; Prov. 30:14). (3.) Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife (Prov. 23:2). (4.) Heb. mahalaph, a butcher's knife for slaughtering the victims offered in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9). (5.) Smaller knives (Heb. ta'ar, Jer. 36:26) were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in Isa. 18:5 (Heb. mizmaroth) were probably curved knives.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

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