חֶ֫רֶב
che.rev
“sword”
Definition
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
from H2717 (חָרַב);
- sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
חֶ֫רֶב appears 337 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, 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.
The high places of Isaac will be deserted,and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste;and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboamwith My sword.”
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Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
Do not go out to the fields;do not walk the road.For the enemy has a sword;terror is on every side.
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