חֶ֫רֶב

che.rev · sword

Hebrew · Strong's H2719 · Noun · Sounds like: kheh'-reb · 413 occurrences

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חֶ֫רֶב 411 n.f. sword (as weapon)

Every occurrence

  1. Lamentations 1:20 חֶ֖רֶב Che.rev · A person, place or thing

    Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

  2. Lamentations 2:21 בֶחָ֑רֶב ve.Cha.rev · A person, place or thing

    The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; Thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied.

  3. Lamentations 4:9 חֶ֔רֶב Che.rev · A person, place or thing

    They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

  4. Lamentations 5:9 חֶ֥רֶב Che.rev · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

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