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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2719 matches the Hebrew חֶרֶב (ḥereḇ),
which occurs 413 times in 372 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 8 / 8 (Hos 11:6–Zec 13:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:6 -

And the sword H2719 will whirl against [fn]their cities,

And will destroy [fn]their oracle priests

And consume them, because of their counsels.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 -

[fn]Samaria will pay the penalty for her guilt,

Because she has rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword H2719,

Their children will be [fn]slaughtered,

And their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 -

Beat your plowshares into swords H2719,

And your pruning hooks into spears;

Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three offenses of Edom, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because he pursued his brother with the sword H2719

And stifled his compassion;

His anger also tore continually,

And he maintained his fury forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:10 -

“I sent a plague among you [fn]as in Egypt;

I killed your young men with the sword H2719, along with your captured horses,

And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;

Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 -

“The high places of Isaac will become deserted,

And the sanctuaries of Israel will be in ruins.

Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword H2719.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:11 - “For this is what Amos says: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword H2719, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword H2719, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die [fn]upon unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 -

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,

“Strike the pillar capitals so that the thresholds will shake,

And break them on the heads of them all!

Then I will put to death the rest of them with the sword H2719;

They will not have a fugitive who will flee,

Nor a survivor who will escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:4 -

“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,

From there I will command the sword H2719 and it will kill them,

And I will set My eyes against them for harm and not for good.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:10 -

“All the sinners of My people will die by the sword H2719,

Those who say, ‘The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 -

And He will judge between many peoples

And render decisions for mighty, [fn]distant nations.

Then they will beat their swords H2719 into plowshares,

And their spears into pruning hooks;

Nation will not lift a sword H2719 against nation,

And never again will they [fn]train for war.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 -

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword H2719,

The land of Nimrod at its entrances;

And He will rescue us from the Assyrian

When he invades our land,

And when he tramples our territory.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:14 -

“You will eat, but you will not be satisfied,

And your filth will be in your midst.

You will try to remove valuables for safekeeping,

But you will not save it all,

And what you do save I will turn over to the sword H2719.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 -

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of armies. “I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword H2719 will devour your young lions; I will eliminate your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 -

Horsemen charging,

Swords H2719 flashing, spears gleaming,

Many killed, a mass of corpses,

And there is no end to the dead bodies

They stumble over [fn]the dead bodies!

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:15 -

There fire will consume you,

The sword H2719 will cut you down;

It will consume you as the creeping locust consumes a crop.

Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,

Multiply yourself like the migratory locust.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 -

“You also, Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword H2719.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - ‘And I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the [fn]nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, every one by the sword H2719 of another.’
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:13 -

For I will bend Judah [fn]as My bow,

I will fill the bow with Ephraim.

And I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece;

And I will make you like a warrior’s sword H2719.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 -

“Woe to the worthless shepherd

Who abandons the flock!

A sword H2719 will be on his arm

And on his right eye!

His arm will be totally withered,

And his right eye will be [fn]blind.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 -

“Awake, sword H2719, against My Shepherd,

And against the Man, My Associate,”

Declares the LORD of armies.

“Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered;

And I will turn My hand [fn]against the little ones.


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