חֶ֫רֶב

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

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1. 2 Samuel 1:12 בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ ס be.Cha.rev · A person, place or thing

   and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

2. 2 Samuel 1:22 וְחֶ֣רֶב ve.Che.rev · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

3. 2 Samuel 2:16 וְחַרְבּוֹ֙ ve.char.Bo · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

4. 2 Samuel 2:26 חֶ֔רֶב Che.rev · A person, place or thing

   Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

5. 2 Samuel 3:29 בַּחֶ֖רֶב ba.Che.rev · A person, place or thing

   let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

6. 2 Samuel 11:25 הֶחָ֑רֶב he.Cha.rev · A person, place or thing

   Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

7. 2 Samuel 12:9 בַחֶ֔רֶב va.Che.rev · A person, place or thing

   Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

8. 2 Samuel 12:9 בְּחֶ֖רֶב be.Che.rev · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

9. 2 Samuel 12:10 חֶ֛רֶב Che.rev · A person, place or thing

   Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

10. 2 Samuel 15:14 חָֽרֶב׃ Cha.rev · A person, place or thing

    And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

11. 2 Samuel 18:8 הַחֶ֖רֶב ha.Che.rev · A person, place or thing

    For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

12. 2 Samuel 20:8 חֶ֙רֶב֙ che.rev · A person, place or thing

    When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

13. 2 Samuel 20:10 בַּחֶ֣רֶב׀ ba.Che.rev · A person, place or thing

    But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

14. 2 Samuel 23:10 הַחֶ֔רֶב ha.Che.rev · A person, place or thing

    He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword; and Jehovah wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.

15. 2 Samuel 24:9 חֶ֔רֶב Che.rev · A person, place or thing

    And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.