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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 5 / 8 (Isa 66:16–Jer 44:27)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:16 - For by fire and by his sword H2719 will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword H2719 hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword H2719 reacheth unto the soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword H2719 nor famine:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25 - Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword H2719 of the enemy and fear is on every side.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:16 - I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword H2719 after them, till I have consumed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; H2719 their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:12 - The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword H2719 of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, H2719 and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, H2719 neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword H2719 and famine shall not be in this land; By sword H2719 and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; H2719 and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! H2719 and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, H2719 to the sword; H2719 and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword H2719 to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword H2719 before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, H2719 and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21 - Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; H2719 and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword H2719 in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword H2719 before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:4 - For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword H2719 of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, H2719 and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; H2719 he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, H2719 and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:10 - And I will send the sword, H2719 the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:16 - And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword H2719 that I will send among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword H2719 which I will send among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword H2719 upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, H2719 saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, H2719 and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, H2719 and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:13 - Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, H2719 by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:17 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, H2719 the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - And I will persecute them with the sword, H2719 with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:2 - Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword H2719 found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, H2719 and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:36 - And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, H2719 and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:4 - For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:4 - Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:17 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, H2719 to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2 - Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, H2719 by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:18 - For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, H2719 but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, H2719 and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, H2719 which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:17 - So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, H2719 by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:22 - Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, H2719 by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:11 - And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword H2719 to the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword H2719 and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword H2719 and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:13 - For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, H2719 by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword H2719 and by the famine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword H2719 and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

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