Haft

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Judges 3:22

Holman Bible Dictionary

Judges 3:22

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HAFT . ‘Haft,’ still used locally for ‘handle,’ occurs in Judges 3:22 ‘the haft also went in after the blade.’

King James Dictionary

H`AFT, n. L. capio. A handle that part of an instrument or vessel which is taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used. It is used chiefly for the part of a sword or dagger by which it is held the hilt.

H`AFT, To set in a haft to furnish with a handle.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

The 'handle,' as of a dagger. Judges 3:22 .

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; - said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.

(2):

(n.) A dwelling.

(3):

(v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(נַצָּב , nitstsab',firm), the handle of a weapon, e.g. of a dagger (Judges 3:22). (See Knife).