Dict: easton - Knife

Knife @

(1.) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision kjv@Joshua:5:2-3, lit. "knives of flint;" comp. kjv@Exodus:4:25); a razor kjv@Ezekiel:5:1); a graving tool kjv@Exodus:20:25); an axe kjv@Ezekiel:26:9).

(2.) Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food kjv@Genesis:22:6 kjv@Genesis:22:10 kjv@Proverbs:30:14).

(3.) Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife kjv@Proverbs:23:2).

(4.) Heb. mahalaph, a butcher's knife for slaughtering the victims offered in sacrifice kjv@Ezra:1:9).

(5.) Smaller knives (Heb. ta'ar, kjv@Jeremiah:36:26) were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in kjv@Isaiah:18:5 (Heb. mizmaroth) were probably curved knives.