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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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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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
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
H2719
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
H2719
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
H2719
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
H2719
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
H2719
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
H2719
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
H2719
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
H2719
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
H2719
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
H2719
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
H2719
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
H2719
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
H2719
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
H2719
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
H2719
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
H2719
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
H2719
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
H2719
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 shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
H2719
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
H2719
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
H2719
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
H2719
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
H2719
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
H2719
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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