Words the Bible translates as knife
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥerevחֶרֶבa cutting blade of metal or stone: above all the sword, the ordinary weapon of close combat.
- ta'arתַּעַרa razor: the small keen blade held in the hand to shave hair, or to cut and trim.
+1 more meaning
- a sheath: the case a sword rests in and is drawn out of.
- ma'akheletמַאֲכֶלֶתa slaughtering knife: the heavy blade used to kill and to cut a body apart
- maḥalaphמַחֲלָףknifenot studied yet
- sakkinשַׂכִּיןknifenot studied yet
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