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a short sword or dagger Original Word: μάχαιραTransliteration: machaira Phonetic Spelling: (makh'-ahee-rah) Short Definition: sword
perhaps from machomai Definition a short sword or dagger NASB Word Usage sword (23), swords (6). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Probably feminine of a presumed derivative of mache; a knife, i.e. Dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment -- sword. see GREEK mache μάχαιρα (machaira) − 2 Occurrences μάχαιραι (machairai) − 1 Occurrence μάχαιραν (machairan) − 12 Occurrences μαχαίρῃ (machairē) − 5 Occurrences μαχαίρης (machairēs) − 4 Occurrences μαχαιρῶν (machairōn) − 5 Occurrences
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