19 occurrences

'Sword' in the Bible

Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba:) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword.

So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.

And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;

And the hand-part went in after the blade, and the fat was joined up over the blade; for he did not take the sword out of his stomach. And he went out into the ...

At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

But Barak went after the war-carriages and the army as far as Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all Sisera's army was put to the sword; not a man got away.

And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

And Abimelech went after him and he went in flight before him; and a great number were falling by the sword all the way up to the town.

Then quickly crying out to his body-servant, he said to him, Take out your sword and put an end to me straight away, so that men may not say of me, His death was the work of a woman. So the young man put his sword through him, causing his death.

And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel.

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

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Root Form
Definition
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חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

בּרק 
Baraq 
Usage: 21

רצח 
Retsach 
Usage: 2

שׁלח 
Shelach 
Usage: 7

μάχαιρα 
Machaira 
Usage: 19

ῥομφαία 
Rhomphaia 
Usage: 5

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