μάχαιρα
machaira · sword
Strong's ID: 3162
Lexical summary
29
NT occurrences
6
Observed forms
About this Greek word
A large knife, dagger; a sword, Mt. 26:47, 51; the sword of the executioner, Acts 12:2; Rom. 8:35; Heb. 11:37; hence, φορεῖν μάχαιραν, to bear the sword, to have the power of life and death, Rom. 13:4; meton. war, Mt. 10:34
Observed NT forms
These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.
Noun declension
| Number | Case | Feminine | References |
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| Vocative | — | — | |
| Plural | Nominative | ||
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| Dative | — | — | |
| Accusative | — | — | |
| Vocative | — | — |
NT distribution
NT Book
Book distribution counts: Matthew: 7 occurrences; Luke: 5 occurrences; Revelation: 4 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; Hebrews: 3 occurrences; Acts: 2 occurrences; John: 2 occurrences; Romans: 2 occurrences; Ephesians: 1 occurrences
Author
- Luke7
- Matthew7
- John6
- Mark3
- Paul3
- Hebrews3
Author distribution counts: Luke: 7 occurrences; Matthew: 7 occurrences; John: 6 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; Paul: 3 occurrences; Hebrews: 3 occurrences