Swords
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Greek
3162. machaira -- a short sword or dagger
... exacting . Word Origin perhaps from machomai Definition a short sword or dagger
NASB Word Usage sword (23), swords (6). sword. Probably ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3162.htm - 7k
Strong's Hebrew
6609. pethichah -- a drawn sword
... 6608, 6609. pethichah or pethichah. 6610 . a drawn sword. Transliteration:
pethichah or pethichah Phonetic Spelling: (peth-ee-khaw') Short Definition: swords ...
/hebrew/6609.htm - 6k

4380. mekerah -- (probably some kind of) weapon
... 4379, 4380. mekerah. 4381 . (probably some kind of) weapon. Transliteration:
mekerah Phonetic Spelling: (mek-ay-raw') Short Definition: swords. ...
/hebrew/4380.htm - 6k

2719. chereb -- a sword
... Word Origin from charab Definition a sword NASB Word Usage axes (1), knives
(2), sword (390), swords (18), swordsmen* (1), tool (1). ...
/hebrew/2719.htm - 6k

Library

Swords Beaten into Ploughshares.
... CHAPTER SEVEN. SWORDS BEATEN INTO PLOUGHSHARES. In the ... many years. These
swords had often been worshipped by Daniel's forefathers. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hodson/old daniel/chapter seven swords beaten into.htm

They all Hold Swords, Being Expert in War; Every Man Hath his ...
... CHAPTER III. 8. They all hold swords, being expert in war; every man hath
his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. ...
/.../guyon/song of songs of solomon/8 they all hold swords.htm

Matt. xxvi. 51-54.
... [3000] For the act was of his fervor. But this other point is worth inquiry, wherefore
they were bearing swords? ... But whence were the swords there? ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxxiv matt xxvi 51-54.htm

Christ Predicts the Danger of the Disciples in their New Relations ...
... the Sermon on the Mount and elsewhere (if they were not utterly thoughtless hearers),
that he could not really intend to bid them furnish themselves with swords ...
/.../section 271 christ predicts the.htm

The Arrest
... Mark CHAPTER 14:43-52 THE ARREST. "And straightway, while He yet spake, cometh Judas,
one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and staves, from ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 14 43-52 the arrest.htm

D. The Arrest of Jesus. Ch. 22:47-53
... said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come
against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves? ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/d the arrest of jesus.htm

The Captive Christ and the Circle Round Him
... 'And immediately, while He yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with
him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the captive christ and the.htm

This Said Jesus, and Went Forth with his Disciples to a Place ...
... he was still speaking, came Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, and with him
a great multitude carrying lanterns and torches [3344] and swords and staves ...
/.../hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section xlviii this said jesus.htm

Psalm IX.
... [357]. 8. "The swords of the enemy have failed at the end" (ver.6). Not
enemies in the plural, but this enemy in the singular. Now ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm ix.htm

Introductory
... An illustration equally common, but susceptible of more diverse interpretation,
was drawn from the two swords offered to our Lord by His disciples just before ...
//christianbookshelf.org/medley/the church and the empire/introductory.htm

Thesaurus
Swords (50 Occurrences)
...Swords (50 Occurrences). ... Matthew 26:55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes,
"Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? ...
/s/swords.htm - 22k

Spears (25 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for
the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears;" (WEB ...
/s/spears.htm - 14k

Plough-blades (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 2:4 And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be
ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades ...
/p/plough-blades.htm - 7k

Clubs (7 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:47 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came,
and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest ...
/c/clubs.htm - 8k

Sticks (25 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:47 And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and
with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and ...
/s/sticks.htm - 14k

Staffs (47 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:47 And while he was yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came,
and with him a great multitude with swords and staffs, from the chief priests ...
/s/staffs.htm - 19k

Staves (50 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with
him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and ...
/s/staves.htm - 23k

Vine-knives (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 2:4 And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be
ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades ...
/v/vine-knives.htm - 7k

Fight (265 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:55 Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight
with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? ...
/f/fight.htm - 38k

Thief (41 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out
as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? ...
/t/thief.htm - 22k

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Swords (50 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:47
While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:55
In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:43
Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came-and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:48
Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 22:38
They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He said to them, "That is enough."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 22:49
And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?
(BBE NIV)

Luke 22:52
Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:25
But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Genesis 49:5
"Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 26:7
And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.
(BBE)

Leviticus 26:8
Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords.
(BBE)

Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will be put to death by their swords: because you have gone back from the way of the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.
(BBE)

Joshua 10:11
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
(See NIV)

Judges 7:22
And they blew the three hundred horns, and the LORD set every man's sword a against his fellow, even throughout all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
(See NIV)

Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.
(BBE NIV)

Judges 20:15
And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,
(BBE NIV)

Judges 20:17
And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.
(BBE NIV)

Judges 20:25
And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.
(Root in BBE NIV)

Judges 20:35
Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.
(Root in BBE NIV)

1 Samuel 13:19
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears;"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 14:20
And Saul and all the people that were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 25:13
And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.
(BBE NIV)

1 Kings 18:28
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
(See JPS BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 3:26
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
(KJV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:12
either three years of famine; or three months to be swept away before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to Him that sent me.'
(See NIV)

Nehemiah 4:13
Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 37:14
The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.
(BBE)

Psalms 37:15
But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
(BBE NIV)

Psalms 44:3
For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
(BBE)

Psalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 59:7
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Psalms 64:3
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 76:3
There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
(See NIV)

Psalms 149:6
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
(See RSV)

Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 3:8
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
(KJV BBE WBS RSV)

Isaiah 2:4
He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 21:15
For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 16:40
They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 23:47
The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 28:7
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 30:11
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 32:12
By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nothing the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be destroyed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 32:27
They shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 33:26
You put your faith in your swords, you do disgusting things, everyone takes his neighbour's wife: are you to have the land for your heritage?
(BBE)

Ezekiel 38:4
and I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say,'I am strong.'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 4:3
and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nahum 3:3
And the flame of a sword, and the lightning of a spear, And the abundance of the wounded, And the weight of carcases, Yea, there is no end to the bodies, They stumble over their bodies.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Swords

Related Terms

Spears (25 Occurrences)

Plough-blades (3 Occurrences)

Clubs (7 Occurrences)

Sticks (25 Occurrences)

Staffs (47 Occurrences)

Staves (50 Occurrences)

Vine-knives (2 Occurrences)

Fight (265 Occurrences)

Thief (41 Occurrences)

Ruthless (21 Occurrences)

Rebellion (51 Occurrences)

Robber (14 Occurrences)

Disputes (18 Occurrences)

Pruninghooks (3 Occurrences)

Pruning-hooks (4 Occurrences)

Ploughshares (3 Occurrences)

Pruning (6 Occurrences)

Pruning-knives (4 Occurrences)

Plowshares (5 Occurrences)

Plow-shares (3 Occurrences)

Cudgels (3 Occurrences)

Assemblage (20 Occurrences)

Elders (203 Occurrences)

Train (17 Occurrences)

Hammer (15 Occurrences)

Armed (147 Occurrences)

Hammered (22 Occurrences)

Jaws (12 Occurrences)

Leading (101 Occurrences)

Forge (2 Occurrences)

Bludgeons (2 Occurrences)

Bows (28 Occurrences)

Capture (53 Occurrences)

Accompanied (43 Occurrences)

Smith (7 Occurrences)

Seize (91 Occurrences)

Stoning (16 Occurrences)

Hooks (41 Occurrences)

Plow (11 Occurrences)

Talking (208 Occurrences)

Speaking (376 Occurrences)

Spake (704 Occurrences)

Ruled (84 Occurrences)

Twelve (176 Occurrences)

Decide (33 Occurrences)

Reprove (35 Occurrences)

Swordsmen (8 Occurrences)

Shields (44 Occurrences)

Terrible (90 Occurrences)

Band (150 Occurrences)

Settle (63 Occurrences)

Anymore (47 Occurrences)

Render (95 Occurrences)

Beat (85 Occurrences)

Yet (1244 Occurrences)

Crowd (166 Occurrences)

Chief (696 Occurrences)

Weapons (66 Occurrences)

Simeon (48 Occurrences)

Multitude (352 Occurrences)

Arrest (22 Occurrences)

Learn (76 Occurrences)

Rebuke (77 Occurrences)

Knives (12 Occurrences)

Kinship (1 Occurrence)

Keen-edged (2 Occurrences)

Violence (98 Occurrences)

Officers (171 Occurrences)

Javelins (5 Occurrences)

Jaw-teeth (4 Occurrences)

Louder (10 Occurrences)

Laid (552 Occurrences)

Lowest (28 Occurrences)

Large (235 Occurrences)

Grievousness (2 Occurrences)

Gorgias

Guarding (16 Occurrences)

Gorgeously (3 Occurrences)

Sword-dance
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