H3979 - מַאֲכֶלֶת (maʼăkeleth)

H3979 מַאֲכֶלֶת (maʼăkeleth) mah-ak-eh'-leth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

knife

Strong's Definition

something to eat with,i.e. a knife

Derivation: from H398 (אָכַל);

KJV Usage: knife.

TWOT Reference: 85e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) knife

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3162 G4501

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

knife

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַאֲכֶלֶת maăkeleth BDB Definition: 1) knife Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H398 Same Word by TWOT Number: 85e Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

22:6 22:10

19:29

30:14

Genesis 22:6

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried... the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.

Genesis 22:10

Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

Judges 19:29

When he reached... his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve... pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

Proverbs 30:14

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from [among] men.