חֶרֶב cherev

Hebrew word for “sword” · Strong’s H2719 · used 413 times in 372 verses

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Meaning

1) sword, knife; 1a) sword; 1b) knife; 1c) tools for cutting stone

How it is translated

Glosses given for cherev in context, with how often each is used:

• sword 389
• swords 17
• knives 2
• like a sword 2
• tool 1
• like sword 1
• like the sword 1

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 32 (16), Ezekiel 21 (11), Ezekiel 30 (9), Judges 20 (8), Leviticus 26 (7), Joshua 10 (7), Ezekiel 33 (6), 1 Samuel 17 (5), 1 Chronicles 21 (5), Jeremiah 14 (5)

Forms

• חרב 166
• בחרב 99
• החרב 28
• חרבו 18
• וחרב 17
• חרבי 11
• לחרב 11
• מחרב 9
• חרבך 8
• חרבות 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with cherev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 63
• רָעָב raav “famine” 40
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 49
• דֶּבֶר dever “pestilence” 29
• הָרַג harag “to kill” 34
• חָלָל chalal “slain” 30
• פֶּה peh “lip” 37
• שָׁלַף shalaph “to draw” 20
• מוּת mut “to die” 34
• עִיר ir “city” 37
• כֹּה koh “thus” 30
• קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 18

Key verses

The verses using cherev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 26:33 — And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Leviticus 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase…
• Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies…
• 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…
• 2 Chronicles 36:17 — Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon…
• Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall…
• Jeremiah 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jeremiah 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they…
• Ezekiel 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round…
• Ezekiel 38:8 — After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many…
• Amos 9:1 — I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will…
• Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.