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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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“Do not think G3543 that I came G2064 to [fn]bring G906 peace G1515 on the earth G1093; I did not come G2064 to [fn]bring G906 peace G1515, but a sword G3162.

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And while He was still G2089 speaking G2980, behold G2400, Judas G2455, one G1520 of the twelve G1427, came G2064 [fn]accompanied G3326 G846 by a large G4183 crowd G3793 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586, who came from the chief G749 priests G749 and elders G4245 of the people G2992.

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And behold G2400, one G1520 of those G3588 who G3588 were with Jesus G2424 [fn]reached G1614 and drew G645 his sword G3162, and struck G3960 the slave G1401 of the high G749 priest G749 and [fn]cut G851 off G851 his ear G5621.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:52 - Then G5119 Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to him, “Put G654 your sword G3162 back G654 into its place G5117; for all G3956 those G3588 who take G2983 up the sword G3162 will perish G622 by the sword G3162.

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At that time G5610 Jesus G2424 said G3004 to the crowds G3793, “Have you come G1831 out G1831 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 to arrest G4815 Me as you would against G1909 a man G3027 inciting G3027 a G3027 revolt G3027? Every G2596 day G2250 I used to sit G2516 within the temple G2413 grounds teaching G1321, and you did not arrest G2902 Me.

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And immediately G2117, while He was still G2089 speaking G2980, Judas G2455, one G1520 of the twelve G1427, *came G3854 up, [fn]accompanied G3326 G846 by a crowd G3793 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 who were from the chief G749 priests G749, the scribes G1122, and the elders G4245.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:47 - But one G1520 of those G3588 who stood G3936 by drew G4685 his sword G3162, and struck G3817 the slave G1401 of the high G749 priest G749 and [fn]cut G851 off G851 his ear G6090.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - And Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, “Have you come G1831 out G1831 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 to arrest G4815 Me, as you would against G1909 a man G3027 inciting G3027 a G3027 revolt G3027?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - and they will fall G4098 by the edge G4750 of the sword G3162, and will be led G163 captive G163 into all G3956 the nations G1484; and Jerusalem G2419 will be trampled G3961 underfoot G3961 by the Gentiles G1484 until G891 the times G2540 of the Gentiles G1484 are fulfilled G4137.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36 - And He said G3004 to them, “But now G3568, [fn]whoever G3588 has G2192 a money G905 belt G905 is to take G142 it along, likewise G3668 also G2532 a bag G4082, and [fn]whoever G3588 has G2192 no G3361 sword G3162 is to sell G4453 his [fn]cloak G2440 and buy G59 one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:38 - They said G3004, “Lord G2962, look G2400, here G5602 are two G1417 swords G3162.” And He said G3004 to them, “It is enough G2425.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:49 - When those G3588 who G3588 were around G4012 Him saw G3708 what was going to happen G1510, they said G3004, “Lord G2962, shall we strike G3960 with the sword G3162?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - And Jesus G2424 said G3004 to the chief G749 priests G749 and officers G4755 of the temple G2413 and elders G4245 who had come G3854 against G1909 Him, “Have you come G1831 out G1831 with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 as you would against G1909 a man G3027 inciting G3027 a G3027 revolt G3027?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10 - Then G3767 Simon G4613 Peter G4074, since he had G2192 a sword G3162, drew G1670 it and struck G3817 the high G749 priest’s G749 slave G1401, and cut G609 off G609 his right G1188 ear G6090; and the slave’s G1401 name G3686 was Malchus G3124.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11 - So G3767 Jesus G2424 said G3004 to Peter G4074, “Put G906 the sword G3162 into the sheath G2336; the cup G4221 which G3739 the Father G3962 has given G1325 Me, am I not to drink G4095 it?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - And he had James G2385 the brother G80 of John G2491 executed G337 with a sword G3162.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - When the jailer G1200 awoke G1853 and saw G3708 the prison G5438 doors G2374 opened G455, he drew G4685 his sword G3162 and was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 kill G337 himself G1438, thinking G3543 that the prisoners G1198 had escaped G1628.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - Who G5101 will separate G5563 us from the love G26 of [fn]Christ G5547? Will tribulation G2347, or G2228 trouble G4730, or G2228 persecution G1375, or G2228 famine G3042, or G2228 nakedness G1132, or G2228 danger G2794, or G2228 sword G3162?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is a servant G1249 of God G2316 to you for good G18. But if G1437 you do G4160 what G2556 is G2556 evil G2556, be G5399 afraid G5399; for it does not bear G5409 the sword G3162 for nothing G1500; for it is a servant G1249 of God G2316, an avenger G1558 who brings wrath G3709 on the one who practices G4238 evil G2556.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17 - And take G1209 the helmet G4030 of salvation G4992 and the sword G3162 of the Spirit G4151, which G3739 is the word G4487 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:12 - For the word G3056 of God G2316 is living G2198 and active G1756, and sharper G5114 than G5228 any G3956 two-edged G1366 sword G3162, even G2532 penetrating G1338 as far G891 as the division G3311 of soul G5590 and spirit G4151, of both G5037 joints G719 and marrow G3452, and able G2924 to G2924 [fn]judge G2924 the thoughts G1761 and intentions G1771 of the heart G2588.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched G4570 the power G1411 of fire G4442, escaped G5343 the edge G4750 of the sword G3162, from weakness G769 were made G1412 strong G1412, became G1096 mighty G2478 in war G4171, put G2827 foreign G245 armies G3925 to G2827 flight G2827.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned G3034, they were sawn G4249 in G4249 two G4249, [fn]they were tempted G3985, they were put G599 to G599 death G599 G1722 G5408 with the sword G3162; they went G4022 about G4022 in sheepskins G3374, in goatskins G122 G1192, being G5302 destitute G5302, afflicted G2346, tormented G2558

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:4 - And another G243, a red G4450 horse G2462, went G1831 out G1831; and to him who sat G2521 on it, it was granted G1325 to take G2983 peace G1515 from the earth G1093, and that people would kill G4969 one G240 another G240; and a large G3173 sword G3162 was given G1325 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10 - If G1487 anyone G5100 [fn]is destined for captivity G161, to captivity G161 he goes G5217; if G1487 anyone G5100 kills G615 with the sword G3162, with the sword G3162 he must G1163 be killed G615. Here G5602 is the [fn]perseverance G5281 and the faith G4102 of the [fn]saints G40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - And he deceives G4105 those G3588 who live G2730 on the earth G1093 because G1223 of the signs G4592 which G3739 it was given G1325 him to perform G4160 [fn]in G1799 the G1799 presence G1799 of G1799 the beast G2342, telling G3004 those G3588 who live G2730 on the earth G1093 to make G4160 an image G1504 to the beast G2342 who G3739 *had G2192 the wound G4127 of the sword G3162 and has come G2198 to G2198 life G2198.
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