- Transliteration: Machaira

- Phonetic: makh'-ahee-rah

- Definition:

1. a large knife, used for killing animals and cutting up flesh

2. a small sword, as distinguished from a large sword

a. curved sword, for a cutting stroke

b. a straight sword, for thrusting

- Origin: from a presumed derivative of G3163" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3163

- TDNT entry: 12:44,6

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Probably feminine of a presumed derivative of G3163" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3163; a knife that is dirk; figuratively war judicial punishment: - sword.