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Lexicon :: Strong's H2719 - ḥereḇ

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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 2 / 8 (Jos 11:11–2Sa 1:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 - And they struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword H2719, [fn]devoting them to destruction; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:12 - And Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and all their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword H2719, and he devoted them to destruction, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - Now all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword H2719 until they had destroyed them. They left no one remaining who breathed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword H2719 among the rest of their slain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - And the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword H2719 and possessed it and [fn]settled in it; and they called [fn]Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - ‘Then I sent the hornet before you, and it [fn]drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but not by your sword H2719 or your bow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 -

Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword H2719 and set the city on fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword H2719, but they let the man and all his family go free.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - And Ehud made himself a sword H2719 which had two edges, a [fn]cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his cloak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud sent forth his left hand, took the sword H2719 from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - The handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword H2719 out of his belly; and the refuse came out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And Yahweh threw Sisera and all his chariots and all his camp into confusion with the edge of the sword H2719 before Barak; and Sisera came down from his chariot and fled away on foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - But Barak pursued the chariots and all those in the camp as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the camp of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword H2719; not even one remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - And his friend answered and said, “This is nothing less than the sword H2719 of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given Midian and all the camp into his hand.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then the three [fn]companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing and called out, “A sword H2719 for Yahweh and for Gideon!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - So they blew 300 trumpets. And Yahweh set the sword H2719 of one against another even throughout the whole camp. And the camp fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 -

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camps with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire camp of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 men who drew the sword H2719.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise, kill them.” But the youth did not draw his sword H2719, for he was afraid because he was still a youth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword H2719 and put me to death, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So [fn]the young man pierced him through, and he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 -

Now they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword H2719; and they burned the city with fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - And the [fn]chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 foot [fn]soldiers who draw the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - And from the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin were [fn]numbered, 26,000 men who draw the sword H2719, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were [fn]numbered, 700 choice men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17 -

And the men of Israel besides Benjamin were [fn]numbered, 400,000 men who draw the sword H2719; all these were men of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah the second day and destroyed to the ground again 18,000 men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - Then Yahweh [fn]defeated Benjamin before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day, all [fn]who drew the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - So the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah. Then the men in ambush deployed and struck all the city with the edge of the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:46 - So all of Benjamin who fell that day were 25,000 men who drew the sword H2719; all these were valiant men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - Now the men of Israel returned to the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword H2719, both the entire city with the cattle and all that they found; they also set on fire all the cities which they found.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - And the congregation sent 12,000 of the men of valor there and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword H2719, with the women and the little ones.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 -

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make [fn]swords H2719 or spears.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So it happened on the day of battle that neither sword H2719 nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man’s sword H2719 was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he seized Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - But Samuel said, “As your sword H2719 has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before Yahweh at Gilgal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And David girded his sword H2719 over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them [fn]off.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword H2719, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have [fn]reproached.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh does not save by sword H2719 or by spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:50 -

Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death; but there was no sword H2719 in David’s hand.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword H2719 and drew it out of its sheath and put him to death and cut off his head with it. Then the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, so they fled.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even his sword H2719 and his bow and his belt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 -

And David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there not a spear or a sword H2719 [fn]on hand? For I brought neither my sword H2719 nor my weapons in my hand because the king’s matter was urgent.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9 - Then the priest said, “The sword H2719 of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - “And he asked of Yahweh for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword H2719 of Goliath the Philistine.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword H2719 and have asked of God on his behalf, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - So he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword H2719, both men and women, infants and nursing babies; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:13 - Then David said to his men, “Each of you gird on his sword H2719.” So each man girded on his sword H2719. And David also girded on his sword H2719, and about four hundred men went up behind David, and two hundred stayed with the baggage.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword H2719 and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and pierce me through and abuse me.” But his armor bearer was not willing, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword H2719 and fell on it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:5 - Then his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, so he also fell on his sword H2719 and died with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they lamented and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of [fn]Yahweh and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 -

“From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,

The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,

And the sword H2719 of Saul did not return empty.


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