Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
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Sword
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Revelation 19:21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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119 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
חֶרֶב
chereb · kheh'-reb
384 times translated as this KJV form412 total Strong's occurrences
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Strong's KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Strong's first: Genesis 3:24Strong's last: Zechariah 13:7
Open full H2719 profile →μάχαιρα
máchaira · makh'-ahee-rah
23 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences
a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment
Strong's KJV usage: :--sword.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 10:34Strong's last: Revelation 13:14
Open full G3162 profile →ῥομφαία
rhomphaía · hrom-fah'-yah
7 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--sword.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 2:35Strong's last: Revelation 19:21
Open full G4501 profile →שֶׁלַח
shelach · sheh'-lakh
3 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch
Strong's KJV usage: dart, plant, × put off, sword, weapon.
Strong's first: Job 33:18Strong's last: Joel 2:8
Open full H7973 profile →בָּרָק
bârâq · baw-rawk'
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
Strong's KJV usage: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 20:25Strong's last: Job 20:25
Open full H1300 profile →יָד
yâd · yawd
1 times translated as this KJV form1,573 total Strong's occurrences
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Strong's KJV usage: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.
Strong's first: Psalms 63:10Strong's last: Psalms 63:10
Open full H3027 profile →רֶצַח
retsach · reh-tsakh
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a crushing; specifically, a murder-cry
Strong's KJV usage: slaughter, sword.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 42:10Strong's last: Psalms 42:10
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H2719
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
H2719
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, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
H2719
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; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
H2719
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. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
H2719
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
H2719
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 in his own land.
H2719
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: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
sword
SWORD, noun
1. An offensive weapon worn at the side, and used by hand either for thrusting or cutting.
2. Figuratively, destruction by war.
I will bring a sword upon you. Leviticus 26:6. Isaiah 51:19.
3. Vengeance or justice.
She quits the balance, and resigns the sword
4. Emblem of authority and power.
The ruler--beareth not the sword in vain. Romans 13:4.
5. War; dissension.
I came not to send peace, but a sword Matthew 10:34.
6. Emblem of triumph and protection.
The Lord--the sword of thy excellence. Deuteronomy 33:29.
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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