TBESH · H2719
חֶ֫רֶב · che.rev · sword
1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone
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חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) means “sword” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kheh'-reb Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חֶ֫רֶב · che.rev · sword
1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone
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from H2717 (חָרַב); drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV glosses: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the sword | 67 |
| by the sword | 64 |
| to the sword | 42 |
| a sword | 33 |
| sword | 26 |
| with the sword | 23 |
| by sword | 18 |
| my sword | 9 |
| their swords | 8 |
| his sword | 7 |
| and sword | 6 |
| and the sword | 6 |
| of the sword | 5 |
| with their swords | 5 |
| your sword | 5 |
| his own sword | 4 |
| for the sword | 3 |
| from the sword | 3 |
| with swords | 3 |
| by the swords | 2 |
| destined for the sword | 2 |
| knives | 2 |
| o sword | 2 |
| or sword | 2 |
| swords | 2 |
| swordsmen | 2 |
| with his sword | 2 |
| with my sword | 2 |
| with sword | 2 |
| your swords | 2 |
| a chisel | 1 |
| against the dagger | 1 |
| and a sword | 1 |
| and by his sword | 1 |
| and drought | 1 |
| and subjected to the sword | 1 |
| and thrust his sword | 1 |
| and will make the sword | 1 |
| are swords | 1 |
| but their swords | 1 |
| by my sword | 1 |
| by their sword | 1 |
| by their swords | 1 |
| by your own sword | 1 |
| by your sword | 1 |
| can draw the sword | 1 |
| from sword | 1 |
| from war | 1 |
| has a sword | 1 |
| has his sword | 1 |
| into swords | 1 |
| is a sword | 1 |
| it with the sword | 1 |
| let a sword | 1 |
| let the sword | 1 |
| like swords | 1 |
| like the sword | 1 |
| may a sword | 1 |
| must the sword | 1 |
| nor does my sword | 1 |
| of his sword | 1 |
| of war | 1 |
| sharp words | 1 |
| themselves with knives | 1 |
| then the sword | 1 |
| to the sword as well | 1 |
| whether sword | 1 |
| while a sword | 1 |
| while my sword | 1 |
| while the sword | 1 |
| who put his sword | 1 |
| whose swords | 1 |
| with a dagger | 1 |
| with his axes | 1 |
| with your own sword | 1 |
| your own sword | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| by the sword | 59 |
| of the sword | 47 |
| the sword | 43 |
| with the sword | 36 |
| sword | 26 |
| a sword | 24 |
| his sword | 13 |
| and the sword | 10 |
| to the sword | 9 |
| my sword | 7 |
| from the sword | 6 |
| swords | 6 |
| their swords | 5 |
| thy sword | 5 |
| for the sword | 4 |
| him with the sword | 4 |
| and a sword | 2 |
| and his sword | 2 |
| for a sword | 2 |
| if the sword | 2 |
| knives | 2 |
| that the sword | 2 |
| the dagger | 2 |
| thee for the sword | 2 |
| them with the sword | 2 |
| with a sword | 2 |
| with their swords | 2 |
| you by the sword | 2 |
| also unto the sword | 1 |
| and by his sword | 1 |
| and by the sword | 1 |
| and by thy sword | 1 |
| and i will cause the sword | 1 |
| and let the sword | 1 |
| and my sword | 1 |
| and sword | 1 |
| and with his axes | 1 |
| and with the sword | 1 |
| as thy sword | 1 |
| by my sword | 1 |
| by sword | 1 |
| by the swords | 1 |
| by their own sword | 1 |
| even to his sword | 1 |
| for my sword | 1 |
| for of the sword | 1 |
| from a sword | 1 |
| had his sword | 1 |
| her with the sword | 1 |
| him a dagger | 1 |
| him the sword | 1 |
| him there with the sword | 1 |
| in it by the sword | 1 |
| into swords | 1 |
| it with a knife | 1 |
| knife | 1 |
| like a sword | 1 |
| likewise on the sword | 1 |
| likewise upon his sword | 1 |
| me a sword | 1 |
| me from the sword | 1 |
| neither shall my sword | 1 |
| neither shall the sword | 1 |
| no sword | 1 |
| nor by sword | 1 |
| not his sword | 1 |
| not with sword | 1 |
| not with thy sword | 1 |
| nothing else save the sword | 1 |
| now therefore the sword | 1 |
| o sword | 1 |
| of a sword | 1 |
| of her by the sword | 1 |
| of his sword | 1 |
| of them from the sword | 1 |
| of them with the sword | 1 |
| on the sword | 1 |
| or sword | 1 |
| or with the sword | 1 |
| over against him with his sword | 1 |
| shall the sword | 1 |
| than the sword | 1 |
| that there was neither sword | 1 |
| the swords | 1 |
| thee as the sword | 1 |
| thee the sword | 1 |
| thee with the sword | 1 |
| their sword | 1 |
| them by the sword | 1 |
| them with their swords | 1 |
| therefore shall my sword | 1 |
| thereof with the sword | 1 |
| they all by the sword | 1 |
| this sword | 1 |
| thou sword | 1 |
| thou the sword | 1 |
| thy tool | 1 |
| time the sword | 1 |
| to his sword | 1 |
| to me with a sword | 1 |
| unto the sword | 1 |
| upon them the sword | 1 |
| upon your sword | 1 |
| whereas the sword | 1 |
| while that the sword | 1 |
| with knives | 1 |
| with my sword | 1 |
| with their mattocks | 1 |
| with them by the sword | 1 |
| with thy sword | 1 |
| you to the sword | 1 |
| you with the sword | 1 |
| your own sword | 1 |
Page 3 of 8. 372 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
Read word by wordThen Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
Read word by wordMay it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
Read word by wordThen David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
Read word by wordWhy then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Read word by wordNow, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
Read word by wordAnd David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
Read word by wordThe battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
Read word by wordAnd while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
Read word by wordAmasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
Read word by wordbut Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
Read word by wordAnd Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
Read word by wordIt was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”
Read word by wordKeep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Read word by wordThe LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
Read word by wordThe king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
Read word by wordSo they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
Read word by wordNow Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Read word by word“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Read word by word“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Read word by wordThen Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
Read word by wordWhen the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
Read word by word“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
Read word by word“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
Read word by wordWhen he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
Read word by wordand all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
Read word by wordBehold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Read word by wordOne day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Read word by wordThe Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
Read word by wordThen Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Read word by wordWhen his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
Read word by wordAnd Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
Read word by wordbetween three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
Read word by wordWhen David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
Read word by wordThen the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
Read word by wordbut David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
Read word by word‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
Read word by wordWhen Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
Read word by wordand all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.
Read word by wordFor behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
Read word by wordand the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
Read word by wordJosiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
Read word by wordSo He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Read word by wordThose who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
Read word by wordFrom the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
Read word by wordSo I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.7
And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.12
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
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