King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4252
Transliteration: machalaph
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-al-awf')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a knife
Meaning: a, knife
Word Summary
machalaph: a knife
Original Word: מַחֲלָףTransliteration: machalaph
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-al-awf')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a knife
Meaning: a, knife
Strong's Concordance
knife From chalaph; a (sacrificial) knife (as gliding through the flesh) -- knife.
see HEBREW chalaph
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4252. machalaph
[מַחֲלָף] noun masculine knife, so ᵑ9 (compare Syriac totondit (in Lexicon), , , knife, Talmud חליפות knives, according to Levy, Jastr; Thes as passing through (compare verb 3a)); but √ and meaning not certain, only Plural מַחֲלָפִים Ezra 1:9, among temple utensils (see BeRy Ryle).