Sword
חֶ֫רֶבStrong’s H2719cherev (che-rev)
Appears in 372 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Cherev is the Hebrew word usually translated “sword”, “sword his” and “sword of”. It appears in 372 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.”
Meaning
- Sword, knifesword · knife · tools for cutting stone
How it's translated
- a sword 80
- sword 68
- by the sword 53
- with the sword 35
- the sword 29
- sword his 18
- sword of 14
- sword my 11
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 79
- Jeremiah 62
- Judges 23
- Joshua 19
- 1 Samuel 19
- Psalms 18
33 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 9:13In contextWhen I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- Zechariah 11:17In contextWoe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
- Zechariah 13:7In contextAwake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- Genesis 3:24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Genesis 31:26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
All 372 verses, by book
- Judges 23
- 1:81:253:163:213:224:154:167:147:207:228:108:209:5418:2720:220:1520:1720:2520:3520:3720:4620:4821:10
- 1 Samuel 19
- 13:1913:2214:2015:815:3317:3917:4517:4717:5017:5118:421:821:922:1022:1322:1925:1331:431:5
- Ezra 1
- 9:7
- Esther 1
- 9:5
- Song of Solomon 1
- 3:8
- Jeremiah 62
- 2:304:105:125:176:259:1611:2212:1214:1214:1314:1514:1614:1815:215:315:916:418:2119:720:421:721:924:1025:1625:2725:2925:3126:2327:827:1329:1729:1831:232:2432:3633:434:434:1738:239:1841:242:1642:1742:2243:1144:1244:1344:1844:2744:2846:1046:1446:1647:648:248:1049:3750:1650:3550:3650:3751:50
- Ezekiel 79
- 5:15:25:125:176:36:86:116:127:1511:811:1012:1412:1614:1714:2116:4017:2121:321:421:521:921:1121:1221:1421:1521:1921:2021:2823:1023:2523:4724:2125:1326:626:826:926:1128:728:2329:830:430:530:630:1130:1730:2130:2230:2430:2531:1731:1832:1032:1132:1232:2032:2132:2232:2332:2432:2532:2632:2732:2832:2932:3032:3132:3233:233:333:433:633:2633:2735:535:838:438:838:2139:23
- Daniel 1
- 11:33
- Joel 1
- 3:10
- Zephaniah 1
- 2:12
- Haggai 1
- 2:22
Hebrew dictionary
חֶ֫רֶב cherev · sword
1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sword” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWORD, noun
- An offensive weapon worn at the side, and used by hand either for thrusting or cutting.
- Figuratively, destruction by war.“I will bring a sword upon you” Leviticus 26:25
- Vengeance or justice.
- Emblem of authority and power.
All definitions
- War; dissension.“I came not to send peace, but a sword” Matthew 10:34
- Emblem of triumph and protection.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.