23 occurrences

'Swords' in the Bible

"Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

Verse ConceptsWeapons

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears;"

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMetalworkersBlacksmiths

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.

Verse ConceptsFamily SolidaritySpearsProtecting Your Familyvulnerability

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodUnhearing

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.

Verse ConceptsKnifesKnivesTeethOppressorsRace

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.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

Verse ConceptsHeatPeoples Who Fled

They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.

Verse ConceptsPeople Cut In PiecesFear Of Stoning

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.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesFear Of StoningKilling Sons And Daughters

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.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSuffering From ForeignersLosing HonourPeople Without Mercy

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.

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesKilling Many PeoplePeople Without Mercy

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.

Verse ConceptsKilled With The SwordThe Proud Will Be Abased

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.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHell, Punishment OfWeaponsFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The Dead

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;

Verse ConceptsHorsesCoercionCausing People To TurnOther References To MouthsEzekiel Invasion

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'

Verse ConceptsPruningSpearsToolsWeakness, SpiritualAmbivalenceNo Strength To Cope

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.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningDisarmamentSpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsAmbivalenceCutting Off BranchesTilling The SoilFruitless LearningFar From HereGod Makes PeaceGod Saves From Sin And Death

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.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsLargenessWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

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.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveSitting To TeachChrist TeachingArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

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.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsTeachers Of The LawWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

Verse ConceptsCrowdsBanditsArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He said to them, "That is enough."

Verse ConceptsTwo Other ThingsMore Than Enough

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?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsClubsThe Lord As A Thief

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μάχαιρα 
Machaira 
Usage: 19

ῥομφαία 
Rhomphaia 
Usage: 5