The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μάχαιρα

Lemmaμάχαιρα
Citation formμάχαιρα, ης, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa sword
Strong’sG3162
Transliterationmáchaira
Definitiona knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment
KJV glosses:--sword.
Derivationprobably feminine of a presumed derivative of
SBLGNT occurrences26

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