# H3979 מַאֲכֶלֶת

מַאֲכֶלֶת (maʼăkeleth), Strong’s H3979: something to eat with,i.e. a knife KJV: knife.. Occurs 4 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H3979 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*maʼăkeleth* — something to eat with,i.e. a knife

KJV: knife.

Derived from [אָכַל ʼâkal](https://besorah.bible/word/H398) (to eat)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת n.f. knife (as cutting instrum., or instrument for dividing, making small)

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 22:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=6) — Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife…
- [Genesis 22:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=10) — Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
- [Judges 19:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/19?v=29) — When he had come into his house, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve…
- [Proverbs 30:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/30?v=14) — There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and…