STRONGS NUMBER H2719

H2719. chereb

חֶ֫רֶב‎₄₁₁ noun feminine^{Isaiah 21:15} sword (as weapon; Aramaic חַרְבָּא‎, , Zinjirli חרב‎; Arabic dart, javelin) — absolute חֶ֫רֶב‎ Genesis 3:24 +; חָ֑רֶב‎ Exodus 17:13 +; construct חֶ֫רֶב‎ Deuteronomy 33:29 +; suffix חַרְבִּי‎ Exodus 15:9 13t.; חַרְבְּךָ‎ Genesis 27:40 7t.; חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ‎ 1 Samuel 17:33; Psalm 17:13; חַרְבּוֺ‎ Numbers 22:23-24t.; חַרְבְּכֶם‎ Jeremiah 2:30; Ezekiel 33:26; חַרְבָּם‎ Psalm 37:15; 44:4; plural חֲרָבוֺת‎ Isaiah 21:15 5t.; construct חַרְבוֺת‎ Joshua 5:2 2t.; suffix חַרְבוֺתָיו‎ Ezekiel 26:9; חַרְבוֺתָם‎ Isaiah 2:4-5t.; חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם‎ Micah 4:3 2t.; —

1. a. sword, as weapon of war Genesis 48:22 (E), Judges 7:14, 20; 1 Samuel 21:9, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword ׳ח אָרְכָּהּ גֹּמֶד פֵיוֺ֖ת שְׁנֵי וְלָהּ‎ Judges 3:16, compare ׳ח מִּיּוֺת‎ Proverbs 5:4 (in simile), ׳ח מִּיפִיּוֺת‎ Psalm 149:6; see also ח ׳צוּר‎ edge of sword 89:44.

b. gird on sword = הח ׳חָגַר‎ 1 Samuel 17:39; 25:13 (3 t. in verse); Psalm 45:4 (יָרֵך עַל ׳ח ׳הח‎), ירך על שִׂים‎ Exodus 32:27, compare especially 2 Samuel 20:8.

c. draw the sword הח ׳הֵרִיק‎ Exodus 15:9; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2, 12; 12:14; 28:7, הח ׳הוציא‎ 21:8; 21:10, הח ׳פתח‎ Psalm 37:14; Ezekiel 21:33, נטשׁ‎ Isaiah 21:15 (Gr Che לטשׁ‎ see below); usually הח ׳שׁלף‎ Numbers 22:23, 31; Joshua 5:13; Judges 3:22; 8:10, 20; 9:54; 1 Samuel 17:51; 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors ח ׳שֹׁלֵף‎ Judges 20:2, 15, 17, 25, 35, 46; 2 Samuel 24:9; 2 Kings 3:26; 1 Chronicles 21:5 (twice in verse); אֶלהַֿח יָדוֺ ׳וַתִּדְבַּק‎ 2 Samuel 23:10, insert also in "" 1 Chronicles 11:13 (Dr).

d. whet, sharpen the sword הח ׳לטשׁ‎ Psalm 7:13 (compare Isaiah 21:15 above), but also שׁנן‎ Deuteronomy 32:41 compare Psalm 64:4, הוּחַדָּה‎ Ezekiel 21:14; 21:16.

e. put up the sword into the sheath הח ׳הֵשִׁיב אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ‎ 1 Chronicles 21:27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere תַּעַר‎ 1 Samuel 7:51; 2 Samuel 20:8; Jeremiah 47:6; Ezekiel 21:8).

f. slay with sword ׳בח הרג‎ Joshua 10:11; 13:22 +; in אנשׁים ימותו‎ 1 Samuel 2:33, insert בְּחֶרֶב‎ before ᵐ5 אנשׁים‎ We Dr; rarely בח ׳הכה‎ Joshua 11:10; 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38; very often לְפִיחֿ ׳הִכָּה‎ smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25) = without quarter Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 13:16; a 20:13; Joshua 11:11-12, 14 (all D) Judges 18:27; 21:10; 1 Kings 10:25; Job 1:15, 17; also with העיר‎ as sole object Joshua 8:24; 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37, compare 10:39; 19:47; Judges 1:8, 25; 20:37; 1 Samuel 22:19 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:14; לפיחֿ ׳הרג‎ Genesis 34:26 (J); לפיחֿ ׳החרים‎ Deuteronomy 13:16b (including הָעִיר‎ in object), Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:8, לפיחֿ ׳חלשׁ‎ Exodus 17:13 (E); לפיחֿ ׳נפל‎ Joshua 8:24; Judges 4:16; י ׳ל֗֗֗פיחֿ׳וַיָּהָם‎ 4:15; — (׳לפיחֿ‎ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 t.), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic).

g. הח ׳אכלה‎ etc., of the sword as devouring: — בָשָׂר חַרְבִּי תּאֹכֵל‎ Deuteronomy 32:42 (poetry), 2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25; 18:8; Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 2:30; 46:10, 14; Nahum 2:14.

h. slain by sword is ׳חֲלַלחִֿ‎ Numbers 19:16 (P) and frequently Ezekiel, ׳חַלְלֵיחֿ‎ Ezekiel 31:17-18, 32:21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32; 35:8 ח ׳מְחֻלְלֵי‎ Ezekiel 35:26 < Co ׳חלליחֿ‎ (on text of 32:20, 22, 31 see Co).

i. ח ׳שְׁבֻיוֺת‎ Genesis 31:26 are captives of (taken by) sword.

j. sword frequently agent of ׳י‎ Judges 7:20; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 12:12; 47:6 etc., — so Deuteronomy 28:22, but read חֹרֶב‎ see below I. חרב‎ (compare on other hand 1 Samuel 17:47); note especially Genesis 3:24 הַמִּתְהַמֶּכֶת הח ׳לַהַט‎; in poetry ח ׳לַהַכ‎ Nahum 3:3, ח ׳בְּרַק‎ Deuteronomy 32:41.

k. ׳ח‎ figurative of tongue Psalm 57:5; compare 59:8; figurative of violence war, etc., Genesis 27:40; in simile Proverbs 5:4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women).

2 knife ׳ח צֻרִים‎ flint knives for use in circumcision Joshua 5:2-3,(see We^{Skizzen iii, 166}); Ezekiel 5:1-2,הַגַּלָּבִים ׳ח תַּעַר חַדָּה‎ (according to Co use of sword as razor is significant).

3 of tools used in hewing stone עליה הֵנַפְתָּ חַרְבְּךָ‎ Exodus 20:25; בח ׳יִתֹּץ‎ Ezekiel 26:9, according to most = tools, axes, 'steel' (Co ' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand; 2 Chronicles 34:6 Qr בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם‎ with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם‎ in their ruins, Be, who compare Psalm 109:10; see חָרְבָּה‎ below II. חרב‎ (ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ omit חרב‎).