H3979: מַאֲכֶלֶת
maʼăkeleth · pronounced mah-ak-eh'-leth · “knife”
Definition
something to eat with,i.e. a knife
KJV translates it as: knife.
Word origin: from H398 (אָכַל);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3979 is translated
- knife ×3
- are knives ×1
Bible verses with H3979 (maʼăkeleth)
Maʼăkeleth appears in 4 verses.
- 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; and they went both of them together.
- Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
- Judges 19:29
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, 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, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.