Easton's Bible Dictionary A handle as of a dagger (Judges 3:22). Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt. 2. (n.) A dwelling. 3. (v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Multi-Version Concordance Haft (1 Occurrence) Judges 3:22 and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)