McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Blade (2)

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Blade (2)


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stands in the Auth. Vers. for the following words: ìִäִá , la'hab, a flame, applied to the glittering point of a spear (Job_39:23) or sword (Nah_3:3), and hence to the "blade" of a dagger, Jdg_3:22; ùַׁëְîָä , shikmah', the " shoulder-blade," Job_31:22; ÷üñôïò , grass as growing for provender, hence the tender " blade" of cereals, Mat_13:26; Mar_4:28.