Words the Bible translates as weapons
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hoplonὅπλονa fighter's gear: a weapon, and in the plural the whole kit of arms and armor someone carries into battle
- nesheqנֶשֶׁקarms and weaponry taken collectively: the equipment of war, and by extension the armory that stores it or the battle waged with it
- mekherahמְכֵרָהan unidentified word for whatever Simeon and Levi turned to violence, most likely a cutting weapon such as a blade or sword
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