Cherev חֶ֫רֶב

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Cherev
חֶ֫רֶב
Transliterationcherev
Strong's numberH2719
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosssword
Occurrences413 in 372 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (79)

Cherev (Hebrew חֶ֫רֶב, Strong's H2719) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “sword”. It occurs 413 times in 372 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) sword, knife
1a) sword
1b) knife
1c) tools for cutting stone

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsword (384), swords (17), knives (3), dagger (3), knife (2), tool (1), mattocks (1), axes (1)
BSBsword (305), their swords (15), my sword (12), his sword (11), swords (7), your sword (6), his own sword (4), your own sword (3), war (2), knives (2), swordsmen (2), your swords (2), and 32 other renderings

Verses

Cherev occurs in 372 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (6): 3:24, 27:40, 31:26, 34:25, 34:26, 48:22

Exodus (8): 5:3, 5:21, 15:9, 17:13, 18:4, 20:25, 22:24, 32:27

Leviticus (7): 26:6, 26:7, 26:8, 26:25, 26:33, 26:36, 26:37

Numbers (9): 14:3, 14:43, 19:16, 20:18, 21:24, 22:23, 22:29, 22:31, 31:8

Deuteronomy (7): 13:15, 20:13, 28:22, 32:25, 32:41, 32:42, 33:29

Joshua (19): 5:2, 5:3, 5:13, 6:21, 8:24, 10:11, 10:28, 10:30, 10:32, 10:35, 10:37, 10:39, 11:10, 11:11, 11:12, 11:14, 13:22, 19:47, 24:12

Judges (23): 1:8, 1:25, 3:16, 3:21, 3:22, 4:15, 4:16, 7:14, 7:20, 7:22, 8:10, 8:20, 9:54, 18:27, 20:2, 20:15, 20:17, 20:25, 20:35, 20:37, 20:46, 20:48, 21:10

1 Samuel (19): 13:19, 13:22, 14:20, 15:8, 15:33, 17:39, 17:45, 17:47, 17:50, 17:51, 18:4, 21:8, 21:9, 22:10, 22:13, 22:19, 25:13, 31:4, 31:5

2 Samuel (14): 1:12, 1:22, 2:16, 2:26, 3:29, 11:25, 12:9, 12:10, 15:14, 18:8, 20:8, 20:10, 23:10, 24:9

1 Kings (9): 1:51, 2:8, 2:32, 3:24, 18:28, 19:1, 19:10, 19:14, 19:17

2 Kings (8): 3:26, 6:22, 8:12, 10:25, 11:15, 11:20, 19:7, 19:37

1 Chronicles (8): 5:18, 10:4, 10:5, 21:5, 21:12, 21:16, 21:27, 21:30

2 Chronicles (9): 20:9, 21:4, 23:14, 23:21, 29:9, 32:21, 34:6, 36:17, 36:20

Ezra (1): 9:7

Nehemiah (2): 4:13, 4:18

Esther (1): 9:5

Job (10): 1:15, 1:17, 5:15, 5:20, 15:22, 19:29, 27:14, 39:22, 40:19, 41:26

Psalms (18): 7:12, 17:13, 22:20, 37:14, 37:15, 44:3, 44:6, 45:3, 57:4, 59:7, 63:10, 64:3, 76:3, 78:62, 78:64, 89:43, 144:10, 149:6

Proverbs (4): 5:4, 12:18, 25:18, 30:14

Song of Solomon (1): 3:8

Isaiah (18): 1:20, 2:4, 3:25, 13:15, 14:19, 21:15, 22:2, 27:1, 31:8, 34:5, 34:6, 37:7, 37:38, 41:2, 49:2, 51:19, 65:12, 66:16

Jeremiah (62): 2:30, 4:10, 5:12, 5:17, 6:25, 9:16, 11:22, 12:12, 14:12, 14:13, 14:15, 14:16, 14:18, 15:2, 15:3, 15:9, 16:4, 18:21, 19:7, 20:4, 21:7, 21:9, 24:10, 25:16, 25:27, 25:29, 25:31, 26:23, 27:8, 27:13, 29:17, 29:18, 31:2, 32:24, 32:36, 33:4, 34:4, 34:17, 38:2, 39:18, 41:2, 42:16, 42:17, 42:22, 43:11, 44:12, 44:13, 44:18, 44:27, 44:28, 46:10, 46:14, 46:16, 47:6, 48:2, 48:10, 49:37, 50:16, 50:35, 50:36, 50:37, 51:50

Lamentations (4): 1:20, 2:21, 4:9, 5:9

Ezekiel (79): 5:1, 5:2, 5:12, 5:17, 6:3, 6:8, 6:11, 6:12, 7:15, 11:8, 11:10, 12:14, 12:16, 14:17, 14:21, 16:40, 17:21, 21:3, 21:4, 21:5, 21:9, 21:11, 21:12, 21:14, 21:15, 21:19, 21:20, 21:28, 23:10, 23:25, 23:47, 24:21, 25:13, 26:6, 26:8, 26:9, 26:11, 28:7, 28:23, 29:8, 30:4, 30:5, 30:6, 30:11, 30:17, 30:21, 30:22, 30:24, 30:25, 31:17, 31:18, 32:10, 32:11, 32:12, 32:20, 32:21, 32:22, 32:23, 32:24, 32:25, 32:26, 32:27, 32:28, 32:29, 32:30, 32:31, 32:32, 33:2, 33:3, 33:4, 33:6, 33:26, 33:27, 35:5, 35:8, 38:4, 38:8, 38:21, 39:23

Daniel (1): 11:33

Hosea (5): 1:7, 2:18, 7:16, 11:6, 13:16

Joel (1): 3:10

Amos (8): 1:11, 4:10, 7:9, 7:11, 7:17, 9:1, 9:4, 9:10

Micah (3): 4:3, 5:6, 6:14

Nahum (3): 2:13, 3:3, 3:15

Zephaniah (1): 2:12

Haggai (1): 2:22

Zechariah (3): 9:13, 11:17, 13:7

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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