2001 Translation

MACHERES, macheres

Sounds Like: mah-KHEH-res

Translations: swords, daggers, knives

From the root: ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a sword, dagger, or knife. It is typically used to describe a short sword or a large knife, often used for cutting or stabbing. In the New Testament, it can refer to a literal weapon or be used metaphorically to represent conflict or the word of God.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3162 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Jeremiah — 20:4

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
• ΜΑΧΕΙΡʼ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, knife, a knife, (to) a sword, (to) a dagger, (to) a 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
• ΜΑΧΕΡΩΝ — of swords, swords

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