חֶרֶבchereb

sword

Pronunciation: kheh'-reb · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2719

Meanings

1. sword

a. two-edged, sword (Genesis 48:22; Judges 7:14; Judges 7:20)

b. gird on sword (1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 25:13; Psalms 45:4)

c. draw the sword (Exodus 15:9; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2)

d. whet, sharpen the sword (Psalms 7:13; Isaiah 21:15; Deuteronomy 32:41)

e. sheath (1 Chronicles 21:27; 1 Samuel 7:51; 2 Samuel 20:8)

f. slay with sword, smite according to the mouth of the sword (Joshua 10:11; Joshua 13:22; 1 Samuel 2:33)

g. devouring (Deuteronomy 32:42; 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 11:25)

h. slain by sword (Numbers 19:16; Ezekiel 31:17; Ezekiel 31:18)

i. captives of, sword (Genesis 31:26)

2. knife (Joshua 5:2; Joshua 5:3; Ezekiel 5:1)

3. of tools used in hewing stone (Exodus 20:25; Ezekiel 26:9; 2 Chronicles 34:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 413 times in the Bible.

Genesis 3:24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 27:40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
Genesis 31:26 “What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded. “How dare you drag my daughters away like prisoners of war?
Genesis 34:25 But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,
Genesis 34:26 including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp.
Genesis 48:22 And beyond what I have given your brothers, I am giving you an extra portion of the land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

See every passage

Genesis 3:24, 27:40, 31:26, 34:25, 34:26, 48:22
Exodus 5:3, 5:21, 15:9, 17:13, 18:4, 20:25, 22:24, 32:27
Leviticus 26:6, 26:7, 26:8, 26:25, 26:33, 26:36, 26:37
Numbers 14:3, 14:43, 19:16, 20:18, 21:24, 22:23, 22:29, 22:31, 31:8
Deuteronomy 13:15, 20:13, 28:22, 32:25, 32:41, 32:42, 33:29
Joshua 5:2, 5:3, 5:13, 6:21, 8:24, 10:11, 10:28, 10:30, 10:32, 10:35, 10:37, 10:39, 11:10, 11:11, 11:12, 11:14, 13:22, 19:47, 24:12
Judges 1:8, 1:25, 3:16, 3:21, 3:22, 4:15, 4:16, 7:14, 7:20, 7:22, 8:10, 8:20, 9:54, 18:27, 20:2, 20:15, 20:17, 20:25, 20:35, 20:37, 20:46, 20:48, 21:10
1 Samuel 13:19, 13:22, 14:20, 15:8, 15:33, 17:39, 17:45, 17:47, 17:50, 17:51, 18:4, 21:8, 21:9, 22:10, 22:13, 22:19, 25:13, 31:4, 31:5
2 Samuel 1:12, 1:22, 2:16, 2:26, 3:29, 11:25, 12:9, 12:10, 15:14, 18:8, 20:8, 20:10, 23:10, 24:9
1 Kings 1:51, 2:8, 2:32, 3:24, 18:28, 19:1, 19:10, 19:14, 19:17
2 Kings 3:26, 6:22, 8:12, 10:25, 11:15, 11:20, 19:7, 19:37
1 Chronicles 5:18, 10:4, 10:5, 21:5, 21:12, 21:16, 21:27, 21:30
2 Chronicles 20:9, 21:4, 23:14, 23:21, 29:9, 32:21, 34:6, 36:17, 36:20
Ezra 9:7
Nehemiah 4:13, 4:18
Esther 9:5
Job 1:15, 1:17, 5:15, 5:20, 15:22, 19:29, 27:14, 39:22, 40:19, 41:26
Psalms 7:12, 17:13, 22:20, 37:14, 37:15, 44:3, 44:6, 45:3, 57:4, 59:7, 63:10, 64:3, 76:3, 78:62, 78:64, 89:43, 144:10, 149:6
Proverbs 5:4, 12:18, 25:18, 30:14
Song of Solomon 3:8
Isaiah 1:20, 2:4, 3:25, 13:15, 14:19, 21:15, 22:2, 27:1, 31:8, 34:5, 34:6, 37:7, 37:38, 41:2, 49:2, 51:19, 65:12, 66:16
Jeremiah 2:30, 4:10, 5:12, 5:17, 6:25, 9:16, 11:22, 12:12, 14:12, 14:13, 14:15, 14:16, 14:18, 15:2, 15:3, 15:9, 16:4, 18:21, 19:7, 20:4, 21:7, 21:9, 24:10, 25:16, 25:27, 25:29, 25:31, 26:23, 27:8, 27:13, 29:17, 29:18, 31:2, 32:24, 32:36, 33:4, 34:4, 34:17, 38:2, 39:18, 41:2, 42:16, 42:17, 42:22, 43:11, 44:12, 44:13, 44:18, 44:27, 44:28, 46:10, 46:14, 46:16, 47:6, 48:2, 48:10, 49:37, 50:16, 50:35, 50:36, 50:37, 51:50
Lamentations 1:20, 2:21, 4:9, 5:9
Ezekiel 5:1, 5:2, 5:12, 5:17, 6:3, 6:8, 6:11, 6:12, 7:15, 11:8, 11:10, 12:14, 12:16, 14:17, 14:21, 16:40, 17:21, 21:3, 21:4, 21:5, 21:9, 21:11, 21:12, 21:14, 21:15, 21:19, 21:20, 21:28, 23:10, 23:25, 23:47, 24:21, 25:13, 26:6, 26:8, 26:9, 26:11, 28:7, 28:23, 29:8, 30:4, 30:5, 30:6, 30:11, 30:17, 30:21, 30:22, 30:24, 30:25, 31:17, 31:18, 32:10, 32:11, 32:12, 32:20, 32:21, 32:22, 32:23, 32:24, 32:25, 32:26, 32:27, 32:28, 32:29, 32:30, 32:31, 32:32, 33:2, 33:3, 33:4, 33:6, 33:26, 33:27, 35:5, 35:8, 38:4, 38:8, 38:21, 39:23
Daniel 11:33
Hosea 1:7, 2:18, 7:16, 11:6, 13:16
Joel 3:10
Amos 1:11, 4:10, 7:9, 7:11, 7:17, 9:1, 9:4, 9:10
Micah 4:3, 5:6, 6:14
Nahum 2:13, 3:3, 3:15
Zephaniah 2:12
Haggai 2:22
Zechariah 9:13, 11:17, 13:7

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