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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 - “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47 - And even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests and elders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:51 - But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:52 - “Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. “Those who use the sword will die by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:43 - And immediately, even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:47 - But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - Jesus asked them, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36 - “But now,” he said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:38 - “Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two swords among us.” “That’s enough,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:49 - When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard, and the elders who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous revolutionary,” he asked, “that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10 - Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11 - But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17 - Put on salvation as your helmet, and take 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 alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched the flames of fire, and escaped death by the edge of the sword. Their weakness was turned to strength. They became strong in battle and put whole armies to flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - Some died by stoning, some were sawed in half,[fn] and others were killed with the sword. Some went about wearing skins of sheep and goats, destitute and oppressed and mistreated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:4 - Then another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10 - Anyone who is destined for prison
will be taken to prison.
Anyone destined to die by the sword
will die by the sword. This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently and remain faithful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.
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