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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2719 - חֶרֶב

Transliteration

chereb

Phonetics

kheh'-reb

Origin

from (02717)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

732a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) sword, knife

1a) sword

1b) knife

1c) tools for cutting stone

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Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 32 ‑ ἄγγελος (ang'‑el‑os); 3057 ‑ λόγχη (long'‑khay); 3162 ‑ μάχαιρα (makh'‑ahee‑rah); 4171 ‑ πόλεμος (pol'‑em‑os); 4501 ‑ ῥομφαία (hrom‑fah'‑yah); 4604 ‑ σίδηρος (sid'‑ay‑ros); 4967 ‑ σφαγή (sfag‑ay'); 5408 ‑ φόνος (fon'‑os);

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Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2199) b r h (ההרב HhRB) AC: Waste CO: Sword AB: ?: [from: rh- heat]

V) b r h (ההרב HhRB) - Waste: A dry wasteland. Also a place that has been laid waste and made desolate. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Pual, Participle) waste, dry, desolate, slay, decay, destroy - Strongs: H2717 (חָרַב), H2718 (חֲרַב)

N^f) b r h (ההרב HhRB) - I. Sword:A weapon used to lay waste a city. II. Waste:A dry or desolate place. KJV (423): sword, knife, dagger, axe, mattock - Strongs: H2719 (חֶרֶב), H2720 (חָרֵב)

N^f1) e b r h (ההרבה HhRBH) - Waste: KJV (50): waste, desolate, desert, decayed, dry land, dry ground - Strongs: H2723 (חָרְבָּה), H2724 (חָרָבָה)

g^m) b r f h (ההורב HhWRB) - I. Heat: II. Waste: KJV (16): heat, dry, drought, waste, desolation - Strongs: H2721 (חֹרֶב)

j^m) n f b r h (ההרבונ HhRBWN) - Drought: KJV (1): drought - Strongs: H2725 (חֲרָבוֹן)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֶרֶב [in pause חָֽרֶב, with suffix חַרְבִּי, pl. חֲרָבוֹת, const. חַרְבּוֹת], f.

(1) a sword [“as laying waste; others, as having the signification edge, comp. حرف, ܚܪܰܦ, to be sharp, acrid, whence حَرفُْ edge of a sword”]. (Arab. حَرْبُ, Syr. ܚܰܪܒܐܳ, whence Greek ἅρπη, see Bochart, Hieroz. ii. p. 760.) הִכָּה לְפִי ׃חרֶב to smite with the edge of the sword; to kill with the sword, Deuteronomy 13:16, 20:13 Joshua 6:21, 8:24 10:28.

(2) It is applied to other cutting instruments; e.g. a circumcising knife, Joshua 5:2, Joshua 5:3 a knife, or razor, Ezekiel 5:1 a graying tool, Exodus 20:25 an axe, Ezekiel 26:9. Poetically used of the curved tusks of the hippopotamus, Job 40:19.

(3) drought, Deuteronomy 28:22. [This meaning is not needed in this passage; so Thes.]

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List of Word Forms

בְּחֶ֖רֶב בְּחֶ֣רֶב בְּחֶ֥רֶב בְּחֶ֧רֶב בְּחַרְב֤וֹת בְּחַרְב֨וֹ בְּחַרְבְּךָ֥ בְּחַרְבִּ֖י בְּחַרְבוֹתָ֑ם בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽיו׃ בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃ בְחַרְבְּךָ֖ בְחַרְבָּ֡ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ בֶחָ֑רֶב בֶחָֽרֶב׃ בַּחֲרָב֖וֹת בַּחֶ֔רֶב בַּחֶ֖רֶב בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ בַּחֶ֛רֶב בַּחֶ֜רֶב בַּחֶ֣רֶב בַּחֶ֣רֶב ׀ בַּחֶ֤רֶב בַּחֶ֥רֶב בַּחֶרֶב֩ בַחֶ֔רֶב בַחֶ֖רֶב בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ בַחֶ֛רֶב בַחֶ֤רֶב בָּהַר בהר בחרב בחרב׃ בחרבו בחרבות בחרבותיו׃ בחרבותם בחרבותם׃ בחרבי בחרבך בחרבם הֶחָ֑רֶב הֶחָֽרֶב׃ הַחֶ֔רֶב הַחֶ֖רֶב הַחֶ֗רֶב הַחֶ֙רֶב֙ הַחֶ֜רֶב הַחֶ֣רֶב הַחֶ֥רֶב החרב החרב׃ וְ֝חַרְבִּ֗י וְ֭חֶרֶב וְהַחֶ֖רֶב וְהַחֶ֗רֶב וְחֶ֖רֶב וְחֶ֗רֶב וְחֶ֙רֶב֙ וְחֶ֣רֶב וְחֶ֤רֶב וְחֶ֥רֶב וְחַרְבִּ֖י וְחַרְבּ֤וֹ וְחַרְבּ֥וֹ וְחַרְבּוֹ֙ וּבְחֶ֙רֶב֙ וּבְחַרְבּ֖וֹ וּבַחֶ֔רֶב וּבַחֶ֖רֶב וּבַחֶ֤רֶב וּבַחֶ֥רֶב ובחרב ובחרבו והחרב וחרב וחרבו וחרבי חֲ֭רָבוֹת חֲרָב֖וֹת חֲרָב֣וֹת חֶ֔רֶב חֶ֖רֶב חֶ֗רֶב חֶ֙רֶב֙ חֶ֚רֶב חֶ֛רֶב חֶ֜רֶב חֶ֠רֶב חֶ֡רֶב חֶ֣רֶב חֶ֤רֶב חֶ֤רֶב ׀ חֶ֥רֶב חֶ֭רֶב חֶרֶב֒ חֶרֶב֩ חֶרֶב֮ חַ֠רְבּוֹ חַ֭רְבָּם חַֽרְב֣וֹת חַרְבְּךָ֙ חַרְבְּךָ֛ חַרְבְּךָ֣ חַרְבְּךָ֣ ׀ חַרְבְּכֶ֛ם חַרְבְּכֶם֙ חַרְבִּ֑י חַרְבִּ֔י חַרְבִּ֖י חַרְבִּ֤י חַרְבִּ֧י חַרְבִּי֙ חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ חַרְבֶּֽךָ׃ חַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֛ם חַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֜ם חַרְבּ֑וֹ חַרְבּ֔וֹ חַרְבּ֖וֹ חַרְבּ֗וֹ חַרְבּ֛וֹ חַרְבּ֣וֹ חַרְבּ֥וֹ חַרְבּֽוֹ׃ חַרְבּוֹ֙ חַרְבוֹתָ֜ם חַרְבוֹתָם֙ חָ֑רֶב חָֽרֶב׃ חרב חרב׃ חרבו חרבו׃ חרבות חרבותם חרבי חרבך חרבך׃ חרבכם חרבם חרבתיהם כְּחֶ֣רֶב כְּחֶ֥רֶב כַחֶ֣רֶב כחרב לֶחָֽרֶב לֶחָֽרֶב׃ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת לַחֶ֔רֶב לַחֶ֖רֶב לַחֶ֗רֶב לַחֶ֙רֶב֙ לַחֶ֣רֶב לַחֶ֥רֶב לַחֶ֧רֶב לחרב לחרב׃ לחרבות מֵ֭חֶרֶב מֵחֶ֔רֶב מֵחֶ֖רֶב מֵחֶ֗רֶב מֵחֶ֣רֶב מֵחֶ֥רֶב מחרב ba·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ bā·har ba·ḥe·reḇ ḇa·ḥe·reḇ bacharaVot baCherev bahar bāhar baḥărāḇōwṯ baḥereḇ ḇaḥereḇ be·ḥā·reḇ ḇe·ḥā·reḇ ḇə·ḥar·bām bə·ḥar·bə·ḵā ḇə·ḥar·bə·ḵā bə·ḥar·bî bə·ḥar·ḇō·w·ṯām bə·ḥar·ḇō·w·ṯāw bə·ḥar·ḇō·wṯ bə·ḥar·ḇōw bə·ḥe·reḇ becharbeCha becharBi beCharev becharVo becharVot becharvoTam becharvoTav beCherev ḇəḥarbām bəḥarbəḵā ḇəḥarbəḵā bəḥarbî bəḥarḇōw bəḥarḇōwṯ bəḥarḇōwṯām bəḥarḇōwṯāw beḥāreḇ ḇeḥāreḇ bəḥereḇ chaCherev CharaVot charbeCha charbeChem charBi charBo Charbom Charev charVot charvoTam charvoteiHem Cherev ha·ḥe·reḇ ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ ḥā·reḇ haCherev haḥereḇ ḥar·bām ḥar·be·ḵā ḥar·bə·ḵā ḥar·bə·ḵem ḥar·bî ḥar·ḇō·ṯê·hem ḥar·ḇō·w·ṯām ḥar·ḇō·wṯ ḥar·bōw ḥărāḇōwṯ ḥarbām ḥarbeḵā ḥarbəḵā ḥarbəḵem ḥarbî ḥarḇōṯêhem ḥarbōw ḥarḇōwṯ ḥarḇōwṯām ḥāreḇ he·ḥā·reḇ ḥe·reḇ heCharev heḥāreḇ ḥereḇ ḵa·ḥe·reḇ ḵaḥereḇ kə·ḥe·reḇ keCherev kəḥereḇ la·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ la·ḥe·reḇ lacharaVot laCherev laḥărāḇōwṯ laḥereḇ le·ḥā·reḇ leCharev leḥāreḇ mê·ḥe·reḇ meCherev mêḥereḇ ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ ū·ḇə·ḥar·bōw ū·ḇə·ḥe·reḇ ūḇaḥereḇ ūḇəḥarbōw ūḇəḥereḇ uvaCherev uvecharBo uveCherev vaCherev vecharBam vecharbeCha vecharBi vecharBo veCharev veCherev vehaCherev wə·ha·ḥe·reḇ wə·ḥar·bî wə·ḥar·bōw wə·ḥe·reḇ wəhaḥereḇ wəḥarbî wəḥarbōw wəḥereḇ

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