Scimitar
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SCIMITAR

sim'-i-tar, -ter (akindke): 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.

Greek
4501. rhomphaia -- Rompha, Rephan, the name of an Eg. god
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: rhomphaia Phonetic Spelling: (hrom-fah'-yah) Short
Definition: a sword, piercing grief Definition: a sword, scimitar; fig: war ...
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The Meek and Lowly One
... upon you, and learn of me, for I am neither meek, nor lowly in heart; I will have
no patience with you; there is my creed, or there is the scimitar" death or ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the meek and lowly one.htm

The Great Revival
... "Such things as they," said he, "I need not fear; they have more reason to fear
my bare arm than I their scimitar." Men feel that they are prepared for a work ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the great revival.htm

That the Inventors of Other Arts were Mostly Barbarians.
... The Thracians first invented what is called a scimitar (harpe),"it is a curved
sword,"and were the first to use shields on horseback. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xvi that the inventors of.htm

The Method of Classifying Things and Names.
... But they are to be called different, not Heteronyms. And Polyonyms are those which
have the same definition, but a different name, as, hanger, sword, scimitar. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter viii the method of classifying.htm

David's Dying Prayer
... gleaming with a pale and sickly light, and we pray that the followers of Mahomed
may bow themselves before the cross, renounce the scimitar, and return to him ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/davids dying prayer.htm

Particular Election
... a coward, you can never make him cry craven even in the thickest battle; he holds
the standard fast and firm, and cleaves his foes with the scimitar of truth. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/particular election.htm

Concerning Persecution
... They say of the Irish, if they have a good scimitar, a warlike weapon, they had
rather take a blow on their arm than their scimitar should be hurt. ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/21 concerning persecution.htm

Striking Similes
... feature]. Everyone on the watch, like a falcon on its nest. Every phrase is like
the flash of a scimitar. Exploded like a penny squib. Eyes ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section viii striking similes.htm

The Romance of Orthodoxy
... but out of the desert, from the dry places and, the dreadful suns, come the cruel
children of the lonely God; the real Unitarians who with scimitar in hand ...
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The Testament of Abraham. Version I.
... He showed him also a face of a fiery scimitar, and a sword-bearing face, and a face
of lightning, lightening terribly, and a noise of dreadful thunder. ...
/.../unknown/the testament of abraham/the testament of abraham version.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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.

Thesaurus
Scimitar
... the Arabs and Persians. 2. (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SCIMITAR. sim'-i-tar, -ter ...
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Science (1 Occurrence)

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Scion (1 Occurrence)

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Judith (1 Occurrence)
... With his own scimitar she cuts off his head, calls her maid who puts it into the
provision bag, and together they leave the camp as if for their usual prayers ...
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Fauchion
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) See Falchion. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FAUCHION.
fo'-shun. See SCIMITAR. Fattest, Fauchion. Fault . Reference Bible
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Anem (1 Occurrence)
... With his own scimitar she cuts off his head, calls her maid who puts it into the
provision bag, and together they leave the camp as if for their usual prayers ...
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