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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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
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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
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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
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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
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
H2595
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
H2595
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
H2595
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
H2595
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
H2595
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
H2595
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
H2595
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
H2595
The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
H2595
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
H2595
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
H2595
And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
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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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