The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μάχαιρα

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaμάχαιρα
Citation formμάχαιρα, ης, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa sword
Strong’sG3162
Transliterationmáchaira
Definitiona knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment
KJV glosses:--sword.
Derivationprobably feminine of a presumed derivative of
SBLGNT occurrences26

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
μάχαιρα
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Romans 8:35
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 6:4
μάχαιραι
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Luke 22:38
μάχαιραν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 10:34
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 26:51
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 26:52
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 14:47
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 22:36
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 18:10
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 18:11
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 16:27
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 13:4
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Ephesians 6:17
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Hebrews 4:12
μάχαιράν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 26:52
μαχαίρῃ
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Matthew 26:52
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Luke 22:49
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Acts 12:2
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 13:10
μαχαίρης
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Luke 21:24
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 11:34
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 11:37
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 13:14
μαχαιρῶν
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Matthew 26:47
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Matthew 26:55
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Mark 14:43
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Mark 14:48
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Luke 22:52

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: μαχαιρα.