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Lexicon :: Strong's H2719 - ḥereḇ

Aa
חֶרֶב
Transliteration
ḥereḇ
Pronunciation
kheh'-reb
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 732a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶב chereb, kheh'-reb; from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 413x

The KJV translates Strong's H2719 in the following manner: sword (401x), knife (5x), dagger (3x), axes (1x), mattocks (1x), TOOL (1x), sword (with H3027) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 413x
The KJV translates Strong's H2719 in the following manner: sword (401x), knife (5x), dagger (3x), axes (1x), mattocks (1x), TOOL (1x), sword (with H3027) (1x).
  1. sword, knife

    1. sword

    2. knife

    3. tools for cutting stone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶב chereb, kheh'-reb; from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
STRONGS H2719: Abbreviations
חֶ֫רֶב 411 noun feminineIsaiah 21:15 sword (as weapon; Aramaic חַרְבָּא, axBrfo, Zinjirli חרב; Arabic حَرْبَةً dart, javelin) — absolute חֶ֫רֶב Genesis 3:24 +; חָ֑רֶב Exodus 17:13 +; construct חֶ֫רֶב Deuteronomy 33:29 +; suffix חַרְבִּי Exodus 15:9 + 13 times; חַרְבְּךָ Genesis 27:40 + 7 times; חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 17:33; Psalm 17:13; חַרְבּוֺ Numbers 22:23 + 24 times; חַרְבְּכֶם Jeremiah 2:30; Ezekiel 33:26; חַרְבָּם Psalm 37:15; Psalm 44:4; plural חֲרָבוֺת Isaiah 21:15 + 5 times; construct חַרְבוֺת Joshua 5:2 + 2 times; suffix חַרְבוֺתָיו Ezekiel 26:9; חַרְבוֺתָם Isaiah 2:4 + 5 times; חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3 + 2 times; —
1. a. sword, as weapon of war Genesis 48:22 (E), Judges 7:14, 20; 1 Samuel 21:9, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֺ֖ת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ ח׳ Judges 3:16, compare פִּיּוֹת ח׳ Proverbs 5:4 (in simile), פִּיפִיּוֹת ח׳ Psalm 149:6; see also צוּר ח׳ edge of sword Psalm 89:44.
b. gird on swordחָגַר הח׳ 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 25:13 (3 times in verse); Psalm 45:4 (הח׳ ח׳ עַל יָרֵך), שִׂים על ירך Exodus 32:27, compare especially 2 Samuel 20:8.
c. draw the sword הֵרִיק הח׳ Exodus 15:9; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2, 12; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 28:7, הוציא הח׳ Ezekiel 21:8; Ezekiel 21:10, פתח הח׳ Psalm 37:14; Ezekiel 21:33, נטשׁ Isaiah 21:15 (Gr Che לטשׁ see below); usually שׁלף הח׳ Numbers 22:23, 31; Joshua 5:13; Judges 3:22; Judges 8:10, 20; Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Samuel 31:41 Chronicles 10:4; 1 Chronicles 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors שֹׁלֵף ח׳ Judges 20:2, 15, 17, 25, 35, 46; 2 Samuel 24:9; 2 Kings 3:26; 1 Chronicles 21:5 (twice in verse); וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶלהַֿח׳ 2 Samuel 23:10, insert also in || 1 Chronicles 11:13 (Dr).
d. whet, sharpen the sword לטשׁ הח׳ Psalm 7:13 (compare Isaiah 21:15 above), but also שׁנן Deuteronomy 32:41 compare Psalm 64:4, הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:16.
e. put up the sword into the sheath אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ הֵשִׁיב הח׳ 1 Chronicles 21:27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere תַּעַר 1 Samuel 7:51; 2 Samuel 20:8; Jeremiah 47:6; Ezekiel 21:8).
f. slay with sword הרג בח׳ Joshua 10:11; Joshua 13:22 +; in ימותו אנשׁים 1 Samuel 2:33, insert בְּחֶרֶב before אנשׁים Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; rarely הכה בח׳ Joshua 11:10; 2 Kings 19:37Isaiah 37:38; very often הִכָּה לְפִיחֿ׳ smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25) =without quarter Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 13:16; a Deuteronomy 20:13; Joshua 11:11, 12, 14 (all D) Judges 18:27; Judges 21:10; 1 Kings 10:25; Job 1:15, 17; also with העיר as sole object Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37, compare Joshua 10:39; Joshua 19:47; Judges 1:8, 25; Judges 20:37; 1 Samuel 22:19 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:14; הרג לפיחֿ׳ Genesis 34:26 (J); החרים לפיחֿ׳ Deuteronomy 13:16b (including הָעִיר in object), Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:8, חלשׁ לפיחֿ׳ Exodus 17:13 (E); נפל לפיחֿ׳ Joshua 8:24; Judges 4:16; לפי־ח׳֗֗֗ י׳וַיָּהָם Judges 4:15; — (לפיחֿ׳ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 times), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic).
g. אכלה הח׳ etc., of the sword as devouring:תּאֹכֵל חַרְבִּי בָשָׂר Deuteronomy 32:42 (poetry), 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Samuel 18:8; Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 46:10, 14; Nahum 2:14.
h. slain by sword is חֲלַלחִֿ׳ Numbers 19:16 (P) and frequently Ezekiel, חַלְלֵיחֿ׳ Ezekiel 31:17, 18; Ezekiel 32:21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32; Ezekiel 35:8 מְחֻלְלֵי ח׳ Ezekiel 35:26 < Co חלליחֿ׳ (on text of Ezekiel 32:20, 22, 31 see Co).
i. שְׁבֻיוֺת ח׳ Genesis 31:26 are captives of (taken by) sword.
j. sword frequently agent of י׳ Judges 7:20; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 12:12; Jeremiah 47:6 etc., — so Deuteronomy 28:22, but read חֹרֶב see below I. חרב (compare on other hand 1 Samuel 17:47); note especially Genesis 3:24 הח׳לַהַט הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת; in poetry לַהַכ ח׳ Nahum 3:3, בְּרַק ח׳ Deuteronomy 32:41.
k. ח׳ figurative of tongue Psalm 57:5; compare Psalm 59:8; figurative of violence war, etc., Genesis 27:40; in simile Proverbs 5:4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women).
2. knife צֻרִים ח׳ flint knives for use in circumcision Joshua 5:2, 3(see WeSkizzen iii, 166); Ezekiel 5:1, 2חַדָּה תַּעַר ח׳ הַגַּלָּבִים (according to Co use of sword as razor is significant).
3. of tools used in hewing stone חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה Exodus 20:25; יִתֹּץ בח׳ Ezekiel 26:9, according to most =tools, axes, 'steel' (Co ' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand; 2 Chronicles 34:6 Qr בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם in their ruins, Be, who compare Psalm 109:10; see חָרְבָּה below II. חרב (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate omit חרב).
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Strong's Number H2719 matches the Hebrew חֶרֶב (ḥereḇ),
which occurs 413 times in 372 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 8 (Jer 44:28–Eze 25:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Yet a small number that escape the sword H2719 shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword H2719 shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14 - Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword H2719 shall devour round about thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - O thou sword H2719 of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2 - There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword H2719 shall pursue thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword H2719 from blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword H2719 after them, till I have consumed them:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of H2719 the oppressing sword H2719 they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 - A sword H2719 is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:36 - A sword H2719 is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword H2719 is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 - A sword H2719 is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword H2719 is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:50 - Ye that have escaped the sword, H2719 go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword H2719 bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; H2719 thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9 - They that be slain with the sword H2719 are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:9 - We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword H2719 of the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - And thou, son of man, take thee a H2719 sharp knife, H2719 take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: H2719 and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and H2719 I will draw out a sword H2719 after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword H2719 round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and H2719 I will draw out a sword H2719 after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and H2719 I will bring the sword H2719 upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword H2719 upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword H2719 among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, H2719 by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12 - He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; H2719 and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:15 - The sword H2719 is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; H2719 and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:8 - Ye have feared the sword; H2719 and H2719 I will bring a sword H2719 upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10 - Ye shall fall by the sword; H2719 I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and H2719 I will draw out the sword H2719 after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, H2719 from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:17 - Or if I bring a sword H2719 upon that land, and say, Sword, H2719 go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, H2719 and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:40 - They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:21 - And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, H2719 and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword H2719 out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword H2719 go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:5 - That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword H2719 out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, H2719 a sword H2719 is sharpened, and also furbished:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword H2719 is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword H2719 shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14 - Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword H2719 be doubled the third time, the sword H2719 of the slain: it is the sword H2719 of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - I have set the point of the sword H2719 against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword H2719 of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - Appoint a way, that the sword H2719 may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, H2719 the sword H2719 is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: H2719 and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:25 - And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: H2719 they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; H2719 they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. H2719

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