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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 sword ＝חָגַר 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 31:4 ＝1 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 19:37 ＝Isaiah 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 27:40; 27:40; 31:26; 34:26; 48:22

Exodus

15:9; 15:9; 17:13; 17:13; 20:25; 32:27

Leviticus

26:33

Numbers

19:16; 21:24; 22:23; 22:23; 22:31

Deuteronomy

13:16; 13:16; 20:13; 28:22; 32:41; 32:41; 32:42; 33:29

Joshua

5:2; 5:2; 5:3; 5:13; 6:21; 8:24; 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

Judges

1:8; 1:25; 3:16; 3:22; 4:15; 4:16; 7:14; 7:20; 7:20; 8:10; 8:20; 9:54; 18:27; 20:2; 20:15; 20:17; 20:25; 20:35; 20:37; 20:46; 21:10

1 Samuel

2:33; 15:8; 17:33; 17:39; 17:47; 17:51; 21:9; 22:19; 25:13; 31:4

2 Samuel

2:26; 2:26; 11:25; 11:25; 15:14; 18:8; 20:8; 20:8; 23:10; 24:9

1 Kings

10:25

2 Kings

3:26; 19:37

1 Chronicles

10:4; 11:13; 21:5; 21:16; 21:27

2 Chronicles

34:6

Job

1:15; 1:17

Psalms

7:13; 17:13; 37:14; 37:15; 44:4; 45:4; 57:5; 59:8; 64:4; 89:44; 109:10; 149:6

Proverbs

5:4; 5:4

Isaiah

1:10; 2:4; 21:15; 21:15; 21:15; 21:15; 34:6; 37:38

Jeremiah

2:30; 2:30; 12:12; 46:10; 46:14; 47:6; 47:6

Ezekiel

5:1; 5:2; 5:2; 5:12; 12:14; 21:8; 21:8; 21:10; 21:14; 21:16; 26:9; 26:9; 28:7; 31:17; 31:18; 32:20; 32:21; 32:22; 32:25; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:31; 32:32; 33:26; 35:8

Micah

4:3

Nahum

3:3

H2719

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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 4 / 8 (Job 1:15–Isa 65:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:15 - And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; H2719 and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; H2719 and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:15 - But he saveth the poor from the sword, H2719 from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 - Be ye afraid of the sword: H2719 for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, H2719 that ye may know there is a judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 - If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: H2719 and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:22 - He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19 - He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword H2719 to approach unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - The sword H2719 of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12 - If he turn not, he will whet his sword; H2719 he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:13 - Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver my soul from the sword; H2719 my darling from the power of the dog.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked have drawn out the sword, H2719 and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - Their sword H2719 shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, H2719 neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:6 - For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword H2719 save me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Gird thy sword H2719 upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:7 - Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords H2719 are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10 - They shall fall by the sword: H2719 they shall be a portion for foxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - Who whet their tongue like a sword, H2719 and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, H2719 and the battle. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:62

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:62 - He gave his people over also unto the sword; H2719 and was wroth with his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:64

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:64 - Their priests fell by the sword; H2719 and their widows made no lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, H2719 and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:10 - It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:6 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword H2719 in their hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 - But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18 - There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: H2719 but the tongue of the wise is health.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, H2719 and a sharp arrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, H2719 and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - They all hold swords, H2719 being expert in war: every man hath his sword H2719 upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: H2719 for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords H2719 into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword H2719 against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 - Thy men shall fall by the sword, H2719 and thy mighty in the war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:15 - Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, H2719 that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For they fled from the swords, H2719 from the drawn sword, H2719 and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, H2719 nor dead in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword H2719 shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8 - Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, H2719 not of a mighty man; and the sword, H2719 not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, H2719 and his young men shall be discomfited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5 - For my sword H2719 shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The sword H2719 of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:7 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword H2719 in his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:38

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:38 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; H2719 and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, H2719 and as driven stubble to his bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; H2719 in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: H2719 by whom shall I comfort thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 - Therefore will I number you to the sword, H2719 and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

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