machaira · sword

What it means

machaira (μάχαιρα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sword”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A weapon with a long sharp blade; also violence and war.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sword ×23
• swords ×6

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×3
• Luke×5
• John×2
• Acts×2
• Romans×2
• Ephesians×1
• Hebrews×3
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 10:34

  Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

• Matthew 26:47

  And while he was still speaking, look, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and elders of the people.

• Matthew 26:51

  And look, one of those with Jesus, stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the slave of the high priest, cut off his ear.

• Matthew 26:52

  Then Jesus says to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

• Matthew 26:55

  At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to arrest me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.

• Mark 14:43

  And at once, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrives, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the scribes and the elders.

• Mark 14:47

  But one of those standing by, drawing his sword, struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

• Mark 14:48

  And Jesus responded and said to them, “As against a robber have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me?

• Luke 21:24

  And they will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by nations until the times of the nations are fulfilled.

• Luke 22:36

  And he said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise also a bag; and let the one who does not have one sell his cloak and buy a sword.

• Luke 22:38

  And they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And he said to them, “It is enough.”

• Luke 22:49

  And when those around him saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”

• Luke 22:52

  And Jesus said to those who had come against him, high priests and captains of the temple guard and elders, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

• John 18:10

  So Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus.

• John 18:11

  So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath! The cup that the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?”

• Acts 12:2

  And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

• Acts 16:27

  And the jailer, waking up and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

• Romans 8:35

  Who will separate us from the love of the Messiah? Affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

• Romans 13:4

  for it is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is God’s servant, an avenger for wrath on the one who practices evil.

• Ephesians 6:17

  and receive 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 living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

• Hebrews 11:34

  quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight the armies of foreigners.

• Hebrews 11:37

  They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goat skins, destitute, afflicted, mistreated

• Revelation 6:4

  And another horse went out, fiery red; and to the one who sat on it it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that people would slaughter one another; and a great sword was given to him.

• Revelation 13:10

  If anyone is for captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he is to be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

• Revelation 13:14

  And it deceives those who live on the earth by the signs that it was given to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image for the beast that has the wound of the sword and came to life.

And 3 more times.