The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.