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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58609" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58609" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Blade]] n. Gr.broad. </p> 1. The stalk or spire of a plant,particularly of grass and corn but applicable to the stalk of any herbaceous plant, whether green or dry. 2. A leaf. In this sense much used in the Southern States of N. America, for the leaves of maize, which are used as fodder. 3. The cutting part of an instrument, as the blade of a knife, or sword,so named from its length or breadth. Usually, it is made of iron or steel, but may be of any other metal, cast or wrought to an edge or point. Also,the broad part of an oar. 4. The blade of the shoulder,shoulder-blade, or blade-bone, is the scapula, or scapular bone. It is the broad upper bone of the shoulder, so called from its resemblance to a blade or leaf. 5. A brisk man a bold, forward man a rake. <p> BLADE, To furnish with a blade. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30808" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30808" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25659" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25659" /> == | ||
<p> stands in the Auth. Vers. for the following words: לִהִב, ''La'Hab,'' a ''Flame,'' applied to the glittering point of a spear ( Job 39:23) or sword ( Nahum 3:3), and hence to the "blade" of a dagger, Judges 3:22; שַׁכְמָה, ''Shikmah','' the " shoulder-blade," Job 31:22; | <p> stands in the Auth. Vers. for the following words: '''''לִהִב''''' , ''La'Hab,'' a ''Flame,'' applied to the glittering point of a spear ( Job 39:23) or sword ( Nahum 3:3), and hence to the "blade" of a dagger, Judges 3:22; '''''שַׁכְמָה''''' , ''Shikmah','' the " shoulder-blade," Job 31:22; '''''Χόρτος''''' , [[Grass]] as growing for provender, hence the tender " blade" of cereals, Matthew 13:26; Mark 4:28. </p> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. t.) To furnish with a blade.
(2): (n.) Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.
(3): (v. i.) To put forth or have a blade.
(4): (n.) The principal rafters of a roof.
(5): (n.) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
(6): (n.) The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.
(7): (n.) The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.
(8): (n.) The flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip, or point.
(9): (n.) The scapula or shoulder blade.
(10): (n.) A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; - a word of somewhat indefinite meaning.
King James Dictionary [2]
Blade n. Gr.broad.
1. The stalk or spire of a plant,particularly of grass and corn but applicable to the stalk of any herbaceous plant, whether green or dry. 2. A leaf. In this sense much used in the Southern States of N. America, for the leaves of maize, which are used as fodder. 3. The cutting part of an instrument, as the blade of a knife, or sword,so named from its length or breadth. Usually, it is made of iron or steel, but may be of any other metal, cast or wrought to an edge or point. Also,the broad part of an oar. 4. The blade of the shoulder,shoulder-blade, or blade-bone, is the scapula, or scapular bone. It is the broad upper bone of the shoulder, so called from its resemblance to a blade or leaf. 5. A brisk man a bold, forward man a rake.
BLADE, To furnish with a blade.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Job 39:23 Nahum 3:3 Judges 3:22 Job 31:22 Matthew 13:26
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
stands in the Auth. Vers. for the following words: לִהִב , La'Hab, a Flame, applied to the glittering point of a spear ( Job 39:23) or sword ( Nahum 3:3), and hence to the "blade" of a dagger, Judges 3:22; שַׁכְמָה , Shikmah', the " shoulder-blade," Job 31:22; Χόρτος , Grass as growing for provender, hence the tender " blade" of cereals, Matthew 13:26; Mark 4:28.
