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Blade

Applied to the glittering point of a spear (Job 39:23) or sword (Nah. 3:3), the blade of a dagger (Judg. 3:22); the “shoulder blade” (Job 31:22); the “blade” of cereals (Matt. 13:26).

In the Bible

8

Verses where Blade is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Deuteronomy 19:5

    If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:10

    If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

  • Ezekiel 21:16

    Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.

  • Job 31:22

    then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

  • Judges 3:22

    Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

  • Mark 4:28

    All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

+2 more verses naming Blade.

Blade references

1

Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.