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Nave Topical Bible
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Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Knife
Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Pen-Knife
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Knife
Smith Bible Dictionary
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Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
• Spalting Knife
• Spalding Knife
• Knifing
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• חֶרֶב
• מַאֲכֶלֶת
• שַׂכִּין
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is the representative in the Auth. Version of several Heb. terms: הֶרֶב (che'reb, from its laying waste), a sharp instrument, e.g. for circumcising (Joshua 5:2-3) a razor (Ezekiel 5:1); a graving-tool or chisel (Exodus 20:25); an axe (Ezekiel 26:9); poet. of the curved tusks of the hippopotamus (Job 40:19); elsewhere usually a "sword." מִאֲכֶלֶת(nzaake'leth, so called from its use in eating), a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food (Genesis 22:6; Genesis 22:10; Judges 19:29; Proverbs 30:14). שִׂכַּין(sakkin', so called from separating parts to the view), a knife for any purpose, perhaps a table-knife (Proverbs 23:2). מִחֲלָ Š(mnachalaph', so called from gliding through the flesh), a butcher's knife for slaughtering the victims in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9). (See SWORD).

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