Strong's Concordance H2719

Original Word: חֶרֶב
Transliteration: chereb
Phonetic Spelling: kheh'-reb
from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Usages throughout the bible

2 Samuel 2:16 - And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword H2719 in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword H2719 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?

2 Samuel 3:29 - Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on 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 on the sword, H2719 or that lacketh bread.

2 Samuel 11:25 - Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword H2719 devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

2 Samuel 12:9 - Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, H2719 and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword H2719 of the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 12:10 - Now therefore the sword H2719 shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

2 Samuel 15:14 - And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. H2719

2 Samuel 18:8 - For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword H2719 devoured.

2 Samuel 20:8 - When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword H2719 fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

2 Samuel 20:10 - But Amasa took no heed to the sword H2719 that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 23:10 - He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: H2719 and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

2 Samuel 24:9 - And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; H2719 and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

1 Kings 1:51 - And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. H2719

1 Kings 2:8 - And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. H2719

1 Kings 2:32 - And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, H2719 my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

1 Kings 3:24 - And the king said, Bring me a sword. H2719 And they brought a sword H2719 before the king.

1 Kings 18:28 - And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives H2719 and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

1 Kings 19:1 - And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. H2719

1 Kings 19:10 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; H2719 and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 19:14 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; H2719 and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 19:17 - And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword H2719 of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword H2719 of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

2 Kings 3:26 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, H2719 to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

2 Kings 6:22 - And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword H2719 and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

2 Kings 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, H2719 and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

2 Kings 10:25 - And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; H2719 and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

2 Kings 11:15 - But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. H2719 For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 11:20 - And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword H2719 beside the king's house.

2 Kings 19:7 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword H2719 in his own land.

2 Kings 19:37 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: H2719 and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 5:18 - The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, H2719 and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

1 Chronicles 10:4 - Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, H2719 and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, H2719 and fell upon it.

1 Chronicles 10:5 - And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, H2719 and died.

1 Chronicles 21:5 - And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: H2719 and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. H2719

1 Chronicles 21:12 - Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword H2719 of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword H2719 of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

1 Chronicles 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword H2719 in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

1 Chronicles 21:27 - And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword H2719 again into the sheath thereof.

1 Chronicles 21:30 - But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword H2719 of the angel of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 20:9 - If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, H2719 judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

2 Chronicles 21:4 - Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, H2719 and divers also of the princes of Israel.

2 Chronicles 23:14 - Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. H2719 For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 23:21 - And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. H2719

2 Chronicles 29:9 - For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, H2719 and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

2 Chronicles 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. H2719

2 Chronicles 34:6 - And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks H2719 round about.

2 Chronicles 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword H2719 in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

2 Chronicles 36:20 - And them that had escaped from the sword H2719 carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

Ezra 9:7 - Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, H2719 to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

Nehemiah 4:13 - Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, H2719 their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:18 - For the builders, every one had his sword H2719 girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

Esther 9:5 - Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, H2719 and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.