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Two-edged

פֵּיָהStrong’s H6366

peyah (pe-yah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Peyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “lips”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.”
Judges 3:16 KJV
Meaning
  1. Edge (of a sword)
How it's translated
  • lips 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 1

1 book in all.

Related words
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    Hebrew dictionary

    פֵּיָה peyah · two-edged

    edge (of a sword) Also means: pi.phiy.yah (פִּיפִיָּה "tooth" H6374)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “twoedged” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    TWOEDGED, adjective

    Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as a two-edged sword.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.