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μάχαιρα

MainId: 003184000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: μ

StrongCodes: G3162

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003184001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: μάχαιρα

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ης

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003184001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 6.33

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Artifacts

      LEXSubDomains: Weapons and Armor

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-19 20:30:41

         DefinitionShort: a relatively short sword (or even dagger) used for cutting and stabbing

         Glosses: ['sword', 'dagger']

         Comments: The phrase στόμα μαχαίρης (literally ‘mouth of the sword’) refers to the event of killing or slaughter: ἔφυγον στόματα μαχαίρης ‘they escaped being killed by the sword’ {S:05801103400012}. See {D:79.109}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:47, MAT 26:51, MAT 26:52, MAT 26:52, MAT 26:52, MAT 26:55, MARK 14:43, MARK 14:47, MARK 14:48, LUKE 21:24, LUKE 22:36, LUKE 22:38, LUKE 22:49, LUKE 22:52, YHN 18:10, YHN 18:11, ACTs 12:2, ACTs 16:27, EPH 6:17, HEB 4:12, HEB 11:34, HEB 11:37, REV 6:4, REV 13:10, REV 13:10, REV 13:14

   2. LEXID: 003184001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 55.6

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Military Activities

      LEXSubDomains: To Fight

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-19 20:30:41

         DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning of {L:μάχαιρα}[a] ‘sword,’ {D:6.33})

         Glosses: ['war', 'fighting', 'conflict']

         Comments: For another interpretation of μάχαιρα in {S:04001003400030}, see {D:39.25}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 10:34

   3. LEXID: 003184001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 20.68

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

      LEXSubDomains: Kill

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-19 20:30:41

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:μάχαιρα}[a] ‘sword,’ {D:6.33}) death by violence or execution

         Glosses: ['death', 'being killed']

      LEXReferences: ROM 8:35

   4. LEXID: 003184001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 39.25

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife

      LEXSubDomains: Strife, Struggle

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-19 20:30:41

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:μάχαιρα}[a] ‘sword,’ {D:6.33}) a state of discord and strife

         Glosses: ['violence', 'strife', 'discord']

         Comments: For another interpretation of μάχαιρα in {S:04001003400030}, see {D:55.6}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 10:34

   5. LEXID: 003184001005000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 38.3

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Punish, Reward

      LEXSubDomains: Punish

      LEXCollocations: φορέω τὴν μάχαιραν

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-19 20:30:41

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to bear the sword) to have the capacity or authority to punish

         Glosses: to have the power to punish

      LEXReferences: ROM 13:4