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חֶרֶב

chereb

kheh'-reb

drought

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

Rendered in the KJV as

axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

  • 413
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 33 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 138
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 413 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 138

  • חֶ֔רֶב28
  • חָ֑רֶב27
  • חָֽרֶב׃19
  • בַּחֶ֣רֶב17
  • חֶ֖רֶב17
  • בַּחֶ֖רֶב15
  • חֶ֥רֶב15
  • חֶ֣רֶב13
  • חֶ֙רֶב֙11
  • הַחֶ֖רֶב10
  • חֶ֗רֶב10
  • בֶּחָֽרֶב׃9

and 126 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 59

  • a sword78
  • [the] sword62
  • by the sword54
  • with the sword35
  • the sword28
  • sword his18
  • [the] sword of13
  • sword my11
  • to the sword10
  • sword your9
  • and a sword8
  • sword6

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 31

  • noun · feminine singular150
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular103
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular28
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular18
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)16
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular13
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular11
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular11
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)9
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular8
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural6
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcfsa · 150
  • HRd/Ncfsa · 103
  • HTd/Ncfsa · 28
  • HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 18
  • HNcfsc · 16
  • HC/Ncfsa · 13
  • HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 11
  • HR/Ncfsa · 11
  • HR/Ncfsc · 9
  • HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 8
  • HNcfpc/Sp3mp · 6
  • HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 5

All 413, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis6 occurrences
Exodus8 occurrences
Leviticus7 occurrences
Numbers9 occurrences
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
Joshua20 occurrences
Judges23 occurrences
1 Samuel24 occurrences
2 Samuel15 occurrences
1 Kings11 occurrences
2 Kings8 occurrences
1 Chronicles11 occurrences
2 Chronicles9 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah2 occurrences
Esther1 occurrence
Job11 occurrences
Psalms18 occurrences
Proverbs4 occurrences
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
Isaiah22 occurrences
Jeremiah71 occurrences
Lamentations4 occurrences
Ezekiel91 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence
Hosea5 occurrences
Joel1 occurrence
Amos8 occurrences
Micah4 occurrences
Nahum3 occurrences
Zephaniah1 occurrence
Haggai1 occurrence
Zechariah3 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).