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Knife
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Iron butcher knife, Roman period.
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Comments: Etruscan Knife blade. late 4th or early 3rd century B.C.
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Comments: Surgical knife, Roman, 199 BCE-400 CE.
From Easton: Knife, (1.) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision (Joshua 5:2, Joshua 5:3, lit. "knives of flint;" comp. Exodus 4:25); a razor (Ezekiel 5:1); a graving tool (Exodus 20:25); an axe (Ezekiel 26:9).
(2.) Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food (Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:10; Proverbs 30:14).
(3.) Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife (Proverbs 23:2).
(4.) Heb. mahalaph, a butcher's knife for slaughtering the victims offered in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9).
(5.) Smaller knives (Heb. ta'ar, Jeremiah 36:23) were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in Isaiah 18:5 (Heb. mizmaroth) were probably curved knives.
Verses:
- Genesis 22:6
- Genesis 22:10
- Exodus 4:25
- Joshua 5:2
- Joshua 5:3
- Judges 19:29
- 1 Kings 18:28
- Ezra 1:9
- Proverbs 23:2
- Proverbs 30:14
- Isaiah 18:5
- Jeremiah 36:23
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