Joshua 8:18
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
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Spear
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John 19:34
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
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12 occurrences in 12 verses.
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חֲנִית
chănîyth · khan-eeth'
34 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
Strong's KJV usage: javelin, spear.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 13:22Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:11
Open full H2595 profile →כִּידוֹן
kîydôwn · kee-dohn'
5 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
Strong's KJV usage: lance, shield, spear, target.
Strong's first: Joshua 8:18Strong's last: Jeremiah 6:23
Open full H3591 profile →רֹמַח
rômach · ro'-makh
3 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point
Strong's KJV usage: buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.
Strong's first: Judges 5:8Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 25:5
Open full H7420 profile →λόγχη
lónchē · long'-khay
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a "lance"
Strong's KJV usage: :--spear.
Strong's first: John 19:34Strong's last: John 19:34
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qayin · kah'-yin
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a lance (as striking fast)
Strong's KJV usage: spear.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 21:16Strong's last: 2 Samuel 21:16
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H2595
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
H2595
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
H2595
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
H2595
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
H2595
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
H7420
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
H2595
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
H2595
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
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spear
SPEAR, noun
1. A long pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing; a lance.
2. A sharp pointed instrument with barbs; used for stabbing fish and other animals.
3. A shoot, as of grass; usually spire.
SPEAR, verb transitive To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
SPEAR, verb intransitive To shoot into a long stem. [See Spire.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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