1) a large knife, used for killing animals and cutting up flesh
2) a small sword, as distinguished from a large sword
2a) curved sword, for a cutting stroke
2b) a straight sword, for thrusting
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 4:524, 572
G3162
Probably feminine of a presumed derivative of G3163; a knife, that is, dirk; figuratively war, judicial punishment: - sword.
| Gloss | Section |
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| a sword | 6.33 |
| c death | 20.68 |
| (φορέω τὴν μάχαιραν) have power to punish | 38.3 |
| d discord | 39.25 |
| b war | 55.6 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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