μάχαιρα machaira
Greek word for “sword” · Strong’s G3162 · used 29 times in 26 verses
Meaning
μάχαιρα, -ης; (Att.. -ας; see WH, App., 1568;
How it is translated
Glosses given for machaira in context, with how often each is used:
- sword 20
- swords 6
- sword? 2
- his sword 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Luke | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Revelation | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Mark | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Hebrews | 3 | 0.6 | |
| John | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Acts | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Romans | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Ephesians | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 26 (4), Luke 22 (4), Mark 14 (3), John 18 (2), Hebrews 11 (2), Revelation 13 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Luke 21 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 16 (1)
Forms
- μάχαιραν 11
- μαχαιρῶν 5
- μαχαίρῃ 5
- μαχαίρης 4
- μάχαιρα 2
- μάχαιράν 1
- μάχαιραι 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with machaira more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ξύλον xulon “wood” 5
- ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 6
- λῃστής lēstēs “robber/rebel” 3
- μετά meta “with/after” 6
- ὠτάριον ōtarion “ear” 2
- σπάω spaō “to draw” 2
- παίω paiō “to strike” 2
- ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 4
- πρεσβύτερος presbuteros “elder” 3
- ἀφαιρέω aphaireō “to remove” 2
- πατάσσω patassō “to strike” 2
- εἷς ehis “one” 4
Key verses
The verses using machaira that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 26:55 — In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the…
- Luke 21:24 — And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the…
- John 18:11 — Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
- Romans 8:35 — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- Romans 13:4 — For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of…
- Ephesians 6:17 — And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
- Hebrews 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints…
- Hebrews 11:34 — Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the…
- Hebrews 11:37 — They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,…
- Revelation 6:4 — And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another:…
- Revelation 13:10 — He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the…
- Revelation 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the…
See all 26 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.