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Blade

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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stands in the Auth. Vers. for the following words: לִהִב, la'hab, a flame, applied to the glittering point of a spear (Job 39:23) or sword (Nahum 3:3), and hence to the "blade" of a dagger, Judges 3:22; שַׁכְמָה, shikmah', the " shoulder-blade," Job 31:22; χόρτος, grass as growing for provender, hence the tender " blade" of cereals, Matthew 13:26; Mark 4:28.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Blade'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/blade.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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