Sakin (סכין) means knife in Hebrew.
It is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
knife
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sakin.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי מטבח חד לחיתוך, עשוי להב מתכת וידית לאחיזה.
וְשַׂמְתָּ שַׂכִּין בְּלֹעֶךָ אִם בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ אָתָּה
- 2כינוי לכף הקדמית של הדחפור.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sakin is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine.
- Written with vowel points
- סַכִּין
- Written without vowel points
- סכין
- Said
- sakin
- Root
- ס־כ־נ
- Pattern
- קַטִּיל
- Plural
- סַכִּינִים
- Inflections
- ר' סַכִּינִים; סַכִּין־, ר' סַכִּינֵי־
- Gematria
- 140
This is how Sakin is said in other languages.
- English
- knife
- Arabic
- سكين
- Russian
- нож
- French
- couteau
- Spanish
- cuchillo
- German
- Messer
- Yiddish
- מעסער
These words mean nearly the same as Sakin.
- חלף
- מאכלת
- פגיוןdagger
- אזמלscalpel
- מחלףknife
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Sakin.
The word Sakin is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אין סכין מתחדדת אלא בירך של חברתה
- סכין בגב
- סכין גילוח
- סכין חיתוך
- סכין יפנית
- סכין כיס
- סכין לחם
- סכין מטבח
- סכין מכתבים
- סכין מנתחים
- סכין מריחה
- סכין מתקפלת
- סכין פרפר
- סכין קצבים
- סכין קפיצית
- על הסכין
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Sakin comes from the root ס־כ־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Sakin in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sakin.
What does Sakin (סכין) mean in Hebrew?
Sakin (סכין) means knife. It is said sakin, with the stress on kin.
What is a synonym for Sakin (סכין)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sakin (סכין) are חלף, מאכלת, פגיון, אזמל, and מחלף.
What rhymes with Sakin (סכין)?
Words that rhyme with Sakin (סכין) include מין, גרעין, מן, תבלין, דין, and נישואין.
Is Sakin (סכין) masculine or feminine?
The word Sakin (סכין) is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine, and its plural is סַכִּינִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סכין of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.