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