Short Sword - machaira

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Short Sword - machaira

Definition: Machaira (makh'-ahee-rah) Noun, Feminine - a short Sword, or long dagger, used for slaughtering animals, personal defense, arrest, or assasination.

Diagram: The Sign of a "short sword" is made from three radius chord vesicas, one vesica for the grip and two for the blade.

Mk 14:43a	Judas, comes beside him, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs ...
Mk 14:47	one standing nearby, drawing the sword, strikes the slave of the chief priest ...
Mk 14:48	You come out as if on a robber with swords and clubs to arrest me?

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