Forms of the word

Dictionary
μάχαιρα, -ης, ἡ
Greek transliteration
machaira
Simplified transliteration
machaira

Numbers

Strong's number
3162
GK Number
3479

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
29
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1c
Gloss
(short) sword
Definition
a large knife, dagger; a sword, Mt. 26:47, 51; the sword of the executioner, Acts 12:2; Rom. 8:35; Heb. 11:37; hence, φορειν μάχαιραν, to bear the sword, to have the power of life and death, Rom. 13:4; meton. war, Mt. 10:34

Greek-English Concordance for μάχαιρα

Revelation 13:14 and by the signs he was allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told them to make an image in honor of the beast who had been wounded by the sword (machairēs | μαχαίρης | gen sg fem) yet lived.

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