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Lexicon :: Strong's H3979 - ma'ăḵeleṯ

Aa
מַאֲכֶלֶת
Transliteration
ma'ăḵeleṯ
Pronunciation
mah-ak-eh'-leth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - And Abraham H85 took H3947 the wood H6086 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and laid H7760 it on his son H1121 Isaac H3327, and he took H3947 in his hand H3027 the fire H784 and the knife H3979. So the two H8147 of them walked H1980 on together H3162.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:10 - And Abraham H85 reached H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027 and took H3947 the knife H3979 to [fn]slaughter H7819 his son H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he entered H935 his house H1004, he took H3947 a knife H3979 and seized H2388 his concubine H6370, and cut H5408 her in twelve H8147 H6240 pieces H5409, limb H6106 by limb H6106. Then he sent H7971 her throughout H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 -

There is a [fn]kind H1755 of person whose teeth H8127 are like swords H2719

And his jaw H4973 teeth H4973 like knives H3979,

To devour H398 the poor H6041 from the earth H776

And the needy H34 from among mankind H120.

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