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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 - “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; H2719 take and [fn]use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide [fn]the hair.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - “One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword H2719 all around [fn]the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword H2719 behind them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - ‘One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword H2719 around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword H2719 behind them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - ‘Moreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword H2719 on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord [fn]GOD! Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD to the mountains, the hills, the ravines and the valleys: “Behold, I Myself am going to bring a sword H2719 on you, and I will destroy your high places.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - “However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword H2719 among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - “Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘Clap your hand, stamp your foot and say, “Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, H2719 famine and plague!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12 - “He who is far off will die by the plague, and he who is near will fall by the sword, H2719 and he who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus will I spend My wrath on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:15 - ‘The sword H2719 is outside and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; H2719 famine and the plague will also consume those in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:8 - “You have feared a sword; H2719 so I will bring a sword H2719 upon you,” the Lord GOD declares.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10 - “You will fall by the sword. H2719 I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - “I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword H2719 after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - “But I will [fn]spare a few of them from the sword, H2719 the famine and the pestilence that they may tell all their abominations among the nations where they go, and [fn]may know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:17 - “Or if I should bring a sword H2719 on that country and say, ‘Let the sword H2719 pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - For thus says the Lord GOD, “How much more when I send My four [fn]severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, H2719 famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:40 - “They will [fn]incite a crowd against you and they will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:21 - “All the [fn]choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, H2719 and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword H2719 out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - “Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword H2719 will go forth from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:5 - “Thus all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword H2719 out of its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LORD.’ Say,
‘A sword, H2719 a sword H2719 sharpened
And also polished!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - “It is given to be polished, that it may be handled; the sword H2719 is sharpened and polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - “Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the officials of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword H2719 with My people, therefore strike your thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14 - “You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands together; and let the sword H2719 be doubled the third time, the sword H2719 for the slain. It is the sword H2719 for the great one slain, which surrounds them,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. H2719 Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - “As for you, son of man, [fn]make two ways for the sword H2719 of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And [fn]make a signpost; [fn]make it at the head of the way to the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - “You shall [fn]mark a way for the sword H2719 to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, H2719 a sword H2719 is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it [fn]to consume, that it may be like lightning
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - “They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. H2719 Thus she became a [fn]byword among women, and they executed judgments on her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:25 - ‘I will set My jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your [fn]survivors will fall by the sword. H2719 They will take your sons and your daughters; and your [fn]survivors will be consumed by the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - ‘The company will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; H2719 they will slay their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:6 - ‘Also her daughters who are [fn]on the mainland will be slain by the sword, H2719 and they will know that I am the LORD.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:8 - “He will slay your daughters [fn]on the mainland with the sword; H2719 and he will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - “The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his [fn]axes H2719 he will break down your towers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11 - “With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; H2719 and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you,
The most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords H2719
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:23 - “For I will send pestilence to her
And blood to her streets,
And the wounded will [fn]fall in her midst
By the sword H2719 upon her on every side;
Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will bring upon you a sword H2719 and I will cut off from you man and beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - “A sword H2719 will come upon Egypt,
And anguish will be in [fn]Ethiopia;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They take away her [fn]wealth,
And her foundations are torn down.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - [fn]Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all [fn]Arabia, [fn]Libya and the [fn]people of the land [fn]that is in league will fall with them by the sword.” H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - ‘Thus says the LORD,
“Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,” H2719
Declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 - “He and his people with him,
The most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords H2719 against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:17 - “The young men of [fn]On and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword, H2719
And [fn]the women will go into captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up [fn]for healing [fn]or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword H2719 fall from his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24 - ‘For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword H2719 in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:25 - ‘Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword H2719 into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - “They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; H2719 and those who were its [fn]strength lived under its shade among the nations.

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