Strong’s H3979 · Hebrew

מַאֲכֶלֶת
maʼăkeleth
mah-ak-eh'-leth

Definition

something to eat with,i.e. a knife

Etymology

from H398 (אָכַל);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • knife

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.