Strong’s H4380 · Hebrew
מְכֵרָה
mᵉkêrâh
mek-ay-raw'
Definition
a sword
Etymology
probably from the same as H3564 (כּוּר) in the sense of stabbing;
Where the KJV renders it
- habitation
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