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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 91 times in 79 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Eze 5:1–Eze 31:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - And thou, son of man, take thee a 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 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 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 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 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 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
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:6 - And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; H2719 and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8 - He shall slay with the sword H2719 thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes H2719 he shall break down thy towers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11 - With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, H2719 and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords H2719 against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:23 - For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword H2719 upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword H2719 upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - And the sword H2719 shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, H2719 saith the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 - He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords H2719 against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:17 - The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: H2719 and these cities shall go into captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword H2719 to fall out of his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24 - And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword H2719 in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:25 - But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword H2719 into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; H2719 and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

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