Difference between revisions of "Scimitar"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_171556" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_171556" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, - in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53982" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53982" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:15, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, - in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.
(2): ( n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Scimitar . See Fauchion.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
sim´i - tar , - tẽr ( ἀκινάκη , akinákē ): Formerly given as "fauchion" in the King James Version Judith 13:6; 16:9 , the weapon which Judith took down from the rail of the bed at Holofernes' head, and with which she severed his head from his body.
