The Greek word for sword here is "μάχαιρα" or "machaira."— Possessing the Treasure
I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. [machaira] 35 For I have come to turn "` a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law - 36 a man's enemies will be the members of his own household. '"— Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Gift of Eternal Life
The knife of Agamemnon ([Greek: machaira]), which hangs from his girdle, beside his sword, [Footnote: _Iliad_, III.— Homer and His Age
Iakôbon ton Iôannou machaira, ho de Rhômaiôn basileus, hôs hê paradosis didaskei, katedikase ton Iôannên marturounta dia ton tês alêtheias logon eis Patmon tên nêson.]— Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"

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