ΜΑΧΕΙΡʼ, μαχειρʼ
MACHEIRʼ, macheirʼ
Sounds Like: ma-KHAIR
Translations: sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife, (to) a sword, (to) a dagger, (to) a knife
From the root: ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is an elided form of the Koine Greek noun 'ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑ' (machaira), meaning 'sword', 'dagger', or 'knife'. The apostrophe indicates that the final alpha has been elided, likely before a vowel or at the end of a phrase, making it a dative singular form. It refers to a short sword or a large knife, often used for cutting or as a weapon.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine, Elided
Strong’s number: G3162 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 3:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΑΜΕΡΑΝ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife
- ΜΑΧΑ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife
- ΜΑΧΑΙ — to a sword, with a sword, by a sword
- ΜΑΧΑΙΟΥ — of a sword, of a dagger, of a knife
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑΙ — swords, knives, daggers
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑΙΣ — swords, with swords, by swords
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑΝ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑΣ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΕ — sword, a sword
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΕΣ — of a sword, of a dagger, of a knife
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΗ — sword, a sword, (to) a sword, (with) a sword, (by) a sword
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΗΣ — of a sword, of a dagger, of a knife
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙΟΝ — knife, a knife, dagger, a dagger, short sword, a short sword
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙΤΑΙ — swordsmen, a swordsman, armed men
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of one who is using a sword, of one who is slaying, of one who is killing with a sword
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΟΥΣ — swords, daggers
- ΜΑΧΑΙΡΩΝ — of swords, of daggers, of knives
- ΜΑΧΑΤΙ — to a sword, with a sword, by a sword, to the sword, with the sword, by the sword, to a knife, with a knife, by a knife, to the knife, with the knife, by the knife
- ΜΑΧΕΙΡΙ — Machir
- ΜΑΧΕΙΡΟΝ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife
- ΜΑΧΕΙΡΟΣ — of a sword, of a knife
- ΜΑΧΕΡΑ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife
- ΜΑΧΕΡΑΙΣ — swords, daggers, knives
- ΜΑΧΕΡΑΝ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife
- ΜΑΧΕΡΑΣ — of a sword, of a dagger, of a knife
- ΜΑΧΕΡΕΝ — sword, a sword, knife, a knife, dagger, a dagger
- ΜΑΧΕΡΕΣ — swords, daggers, knives
- ΜΑΧΕΡΩΝ — of swords, swords
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