חֶרֶב
chereb · kheh'-reb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2717 (חָרַב);
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- drought
- also, a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶרֶב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
413 occurrences · 413 OT · 0 NT · 138 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by the sword59 · 19%
- of the sword47 · 15%
- the sword39 · 13%
- with the sword35 · 11%
- sword26 · 8%
- a sword23 · 7%
- his sword11 · 4%
- and the sword10 · 3%
- to the sword9 · 3%
- my sword7 · 2%
- from the sword6 · 2%
- their swords5 · 2%
- swords4 · 1%
- him with the sword4 · 1%
- thy sword4 · 1%
- with a sword3 · 1%
- and such as are for the sword2 · 1%
- for the sword2 · 1%
- them with the sword2 · 1%
- and a sword2 · 1%
- the dagger2 · 1%
- with their swords2 · 1%
- knives2 · 1%
- and his sword2 · 1%
- you by the sword2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.