Maʼăkeleth — H3979

Definition

feminine noun

something to eat with,i.e. a knife

1. knife

Usually translated as

knife

Origin

from H398

• Derived from ʼâkal (H398)

Greek equivalents

• máchaira (G3162)
• rhomphaía (G4501)

Occurrences

Maʼăkeleth occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Judges (1), Proverbs (1)

• Genesis 22:6 — And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife (הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת); and they went both of them together.
• Genesis 22:10 — And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife (הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת) to slay his son.
• Judges 19:29 — And when he was come into his house, he took a knife (הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֙לֶת֙), and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
• Proverbs 30:14 — There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives (וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת), to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.