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Lexicon :: Strong's G3162 - machaira

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 29 times in 26 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47 - And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:51 - And one of those who were with Jesus put out his hand, and took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:52 - Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:43 - And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:47 - But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36 - And he said to them, But now, he who has a money-bag, or a bag for food, let him take it: and he who has not, let him give his coat for money and get a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:38 - And they said, Lord, here are two swords. And he said, It is enough.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:49 - And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10 - Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, took it out and gave the high priest's servant a blow, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11 - Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17 - And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:12 - For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:4 - And another horse came out, a red horse; and it was given to him who was seated on it to take peace from the earth, so that people might put one another to death: and there was given to him a great sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10 - If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.
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