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Credit: Dbachmann

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Sickle sword (Khopesh) from Shechem (Nablus); Deposits of electron, c. 1750 BC, State. Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.

 

Credit: RootOfAllLight

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Reconstruction of an ancient Assyrian sickle sword. Despite the typical material usually being bronze, this one has an iron blade. The hilt is made of wood. 54.3 cm, 1307-1275 BC (Metropolitan Museum of Arts).

 

Credit: MatthiasKabel

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Roman gladius 70 a.C. The background should not show a real Roman fortress. Photographed by myself during a show of Legio XV from Pram, Austria.

 

From Easton: of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a sheath, and suspended from the girdle (Exodus 32:27; 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 Chronicles 21:27; Psalms 149:6: Proverbs 5:4; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 21:3-5).

It is a symbol of divine chastisement (Deuteronomy 32:25; Psalms 7:12; Psalms 78:62), and of a slanderous tongue (Psalms 57:4; Psalms 64:3; Proverbs 12:18). The word of God is likened also to a sword (Hebrews 4:12; Ephesians 6:17; Revelation 1:16). Gideon's watchword was, "The sword of the Lord" (Judges 7:20).

Verses:

  • Genesis 3:24
  • Genesis 27:40
  • Genesis 34:25
  • Genesis 34:26
  • Genesis 48:22
  • Genesis 49:5
  • Exodus 5:3
  • Exodus 5:21
  • Exodus 15:9
  • Exodus 17:13
  • Exodus 18:4
  • Exodus 22:24
  • Exodus 32:27
  • Leviticus 26:6
  • Leviticus 26:7
  • Leviticus 26:8
  • Leviticus 26:25
  • Leviticus 26:33
  • Leviticus 26:36
  • Leviticus 26:37
  • Numbers 14:3
  • Numbers 14:43
  • Numbers 19:16
  • Numbers 20:18
  • Numbers 21:24
  • Numbers 22:23
  • Numbers 22:29
  • Numbers 22:31
  • Numbers 31:8
  • Deuteronomy 13:15
  • Deuteronomy 20:13
  • Deuteronomy 32:25
  • Deuteronomy 32:41
  • Deuteronomy 32:42
  • Deuteronomy 33:29
  • Joshua 5:13
  • Joshua 6:21
  • Joshua 8:24
  • Joshua 10:11
  • Joshua 10:28
  • Joshua 10:30
  • Joshua 10:32
  • Joshua 10:35
  • Joshua 10:37
  • Joshua 10:39
  • Joshua 11:10
  • Joshua 11:11
  • Joshua 11:12
  • Joshua 11:14
  • Joshua 13:22
  • Joshua 19:47
  • Joshua 24:12
  • Judges 1:8
  • Judges 1:25
  • Judges 3:16
  • Judges 3:21
  • Judges 3:22
  • Judges 4:15
  • Judges 4:16
  • Judges 7:14
  • Judges 7:20
  • Judges 7:22
  • Judges 8:10
  • Judges 8:20
  • Judges 9:54
  • Judges 18:27
  • Judges 20:2
  • Judges 20:15
  • Judges 20:17
  • Judges 20:25
  • Judges 20:35
  • Judges 20:37
  • Judges 20:46
  • Judges 20:48
  • Judges 21:10
  • 1 Samuel 2:33
  • 1 Samuel 13:19
  • 1 Samuel 13:22
  • 1 Samuel 14:20
  • 1 Samuel 15:8
  • 1 Samuel 15:33
  • 1 Samuel 17:39
  • 1 Samuel 17:45
  • 1 Samuel 17:47
  • 1 Samuel 17:50
  • 1 Samuel 17:51
  • 1 Samuel 18:4
  • 1 Samuel 21:8
  • 1 Samuel 21:9
  • 1 Samuel 22:10
  • 1 Samuel 22:13
  • 1 Samuel 22:19
  • 1 Samuel 25:13
  • 1 Samuel 31:4
  • 1 Samuel 31:5
  • 2 Samuel 1:12
  • 2 Samuel 1:22
  • 2 Samuel 2:16
  • 2 Samuel 2:26
  • 2 Samuel 3:29
  • 2 Samuel 11:25
  • 2 Samuel 12:9
  • 2 Samuel 12:10
  • 2 Samuel 15:14
  • 2 Samuel 18:8
  • 2 Samuel 21:16
  • 2 Samuel 23:10
  • 2 Samuel 24:9
  • 1 Kings 1:51
  • 1 Kings 2:8
  • 1 Kings 2:32
  • 1 Kings 3:24
  • 1 Kings 19:1
  • 1 Kings 19:10
  • 1 Kings 19:14
  • 1 Kings 19:17
  • 2 Kings 3:23
  • 2 Kings 3:26
  • 2 Kings 6:22
  • 2 Kings 8:12
  • 2 Kings 10:25
  • 2 Kings 11:15
  • 2 Kings 11:20
  • 2 Kings 19:7
  • 2 Kings 19:37
  • 1 Chronicles 5:18
  • 1 Chronicles 10:4
  • 1 Chronicles 10:5
  • 1 Chronicles 21:5
  • 1 Chronicles 21:12
  • 1 Chronicles 21:16
  • 1 Chronicles 21:27
  • 1 Chronicles 21:30
  • 2 Chronicles 20:9
  • 2 Chronicles 21:4
  • 2 Chronicles 23:14
  • 2 Chronicles 23:21
  • 2 Chronicles 29:9
  • 2 Chronicles 32:21
  • 2 Chronicles 36:17
  • 2 Chronicles 36:20
  • Ezra 9:7
  • Nehemiah 4:13
  • Nehemiah 4:18
  • Esther 9:5
  • Job 1:15
  • Job 1:17
  • Job 5:15
  • Job 5:20
  • Job 15:22
  • Job 19:29
  • Job 27:14
  • Job 33:18
  • Job 36:12
  • Job 39:22
  • Job 40:19
  • Job 41:26
  • Psalms 7:12
  • Psalms 17:13
  • Psalms 22:20
  • Psalms 37:14
  • Psalms 37:15
  • Psalms 44:3
  • Psalms 44:6
  • Psalms 45:3
  • Psalms 55:21
  • Psalms 57:4
  • Psalms 63:10
  • Psalms 64:3
  • Psalms 76:3
  • Psalms 78:62
  • Psalms 78:64
  • Psalms 89:43
  • Psalms 144:10
  • Psalms 149:6
  • Proverbs 5:4
  • Proverbs 12:18
  • Proverbs 25:18
  • Proverbs 30:14
  • Song of Solomon 3:8
  • Isaiah 1:20
  • Isaiah 2:4
  • Isaiah 3:25
  • Isaiah 13:15
  • Isaiah 14:19
  • Isaiah 21:15
  • Isaiah 22:2
  • Isaiah 27:1
  • Isaiah 31:8
  • Isaiah 34:5
  • Isaiah 34:6
  • Isaiah 37:7
  • Isaiah 37:38
  • Isaiah 41:2
  • Isaiah 49:2
  • Isaiah 51:19
  • Isaiah 65:12
  • Isaiah 66:16
  • Jeremiah 2:30
  • Jeremiah 4:10
  • Jeremiah 5:12
  • Jeremiah 5:17
  • Jeremiah 6:25
  • Jeremiah 9:16
  • Jeremiah 11:22
  • Jeremiah 12:12
  • Jeremiah 14:12
  • Jeremiah 14:13
  • Jeremiah 14:15
  • Jeremiah 14:16
  • Jeremiah 14:18
  • Jeremiah 15:2
  • Jeremiah 15:3
  • Jeremiah 15:9
  • Jeremiah 16:4
  • Jeremiah 18:21
  • Jeremiah 19:7
  • Jeremiah 20:4
  • Jeremiah 21:7
  • Jeremiah 21:9
  • Jeremiah 24:10
  • Jeremiah 25:16
  • Jeremiah 25:27
  • Jeremiah 25:29
  • Jeremiah 25:31
  • Jeremiah 25:38
  • Jeremiah 26:23
  • Jeremiah 27:8
  • Jeremiah 27:13
  • Jeremiah 29:17
  • Jeremiah 29:18
  • Jeremiah 31:2
  • Jeremiah 32:24
  • Jeremiah 32:36
  • Jeremiah 33:4
  • Jeremiah 34:4
  • Jeremiah 34:17
  • Jeremiah 38:2
  • Jeremiah 39:18
  • Jeremiah 41:2
  • Jeremiah 42:16
  • Jeremiah 42:17
  • Jeremiah 42:22
  • Jeremiah 43:11
  • Jeremiah 44:12
  • Jeremiah 44:13
  • Jeremiah 44:18
  • Jeremiah 44:27
  • Jeremiah 44:28
  • Jeremiah 46:10
  • Jeremiah 46:14
  • Jeremiah 46:16
  • Jeremiah 47:6
  • Jeremiah 48:2
  • Jeremiah 48:10
  • Jeremiah 49:37
  • Jeremiah 50:16
  • Jeremiah 50:35
  • Jeremiah 50:36
  • Jeremiah 50:37
  • Jeremiah 51:50
  • Lamentations 1:20
  • Lamentations 2:21
  • Lamentations 4:9
  • Lamentations 5:9
  • Ezekiel 5:1
  • Ezekiel 5:2
  • Ezekiel 5:12
  • Ezekiel 5:17
  • Ezekiel 6:3
  • Ezekiel 6:8
  • Ezekiel 6:11
  • Ezekiel 6:12
  • Ezekiel 7:15
  • Ezekiel 11:8
  • Ezekiel 11:10
  • Ezekiel 12:14
  • Ezekiel 12:16
  • Ezekiel 14:17
  • Ezekiel 14:21
  • Ezekiel 16:40
  • Ezekiel 17:21
  • Ezekiel 21:3
  • Ezekiel 21:4
  • Ezekiel 21:5
  • Ezekiel 21:9
  • Ezekiel 21:10
  • Ezekiel 21:11
  • Ezekiel 21:12
  • Ezekiel 21:13
  • Ezekiel 21:14
  • Ezekiel 21:15
  • Ezekiel 21:19
  • Ezekiel 21:20
  • Ezekiel 21:28
  • Ezekiel 21:30
  • Ezekiel 23:10
  • Ezekiel 23:25
  • Ezekiel 23:47
  • Ezekiel 24:21
  • Ezekiel 25:13
  • Ezekiel 26:6
  • Ezekiel 26:8
  • Ezekiel 26:11
  • Ezekiel 28:7
  • Ezekiel 28:23
  • Ezekiel 29:8
  • Ezekiel 30:4
  • Ezekiel 30:5
  • Ezekiel 30:6
  • Ezekiel 30:11
  • Ezekiel 30:17
  • Ezekiel 30:21
  • Ezekiel 30:22
  • Ezekiel 30:24
  • Ezekiel 30:25
  • Ezekiel 31:17
  • Ezekiel 31:18
  • Ezekiel 32:10
  • Ezekiel 32:11
  • Ezekiel 32:12
  • Ezekiel 32:20
  • Ezekiel 32:21
  • Ezekiel 32:22
  • Ezekiel 32:23
  • Ezekiel 32:24
  • Ezekiel 32:25
  • Ezekiel 32:26
  • Ezekiel 32:27
  • Ezekiel 32:28
  • Ezekiel 32:29
  • Ezekiel 32:30
  • Ezekiel 32:31
  • Ezekiel 32:32
  • Ezekiel 33:2
  • Ezekiel 33:3
  • Ezekiel 33:4
  • Ezekiel 33:6
  • Ezekiel 33:26
  • Ezekiel 33:27
  • Ezekiel 35:5
  • Ezekiel 35:8
  • Ezekiel 38:4
  • Ezekiel 38:21
  • Ezekiel 39:23
  • Daniel 11:33
  • Hosea 1:7
  • Hosea 2:18
  • Hosea 7:16
  • Hosea 11:6
  • Hosea 13:16
  • Joel 3:10
  • Amos 1:11
  • Amos 4:10
  • Amos 7:9
  • Amos 7:11
  • Amos 7:17
  • Amos 9:1
  • Amos 9:4
  • Amos 9:10
  • Micah 4:3
  • Micah 5:6
  • Micah 6:14
  • Nahum 2:13
  • Nahum 3:3
  • Nahum 3:15
  • Zephaniah 2:12
  • Haggai 2:22
  • Zechariah 9:13
  • Zechariah 11:17
  • Zechariah 13:7
  • Matthew 10:34
  • Matthew 26:47
  • Matthew 26:51
  • Matthew 26:52
  • Matthew 26:55
  • Mark 14:43
  • Mark 14:47
  • Mark 14:48
  • Luke 2:35
  • Luke 21:24
  • Luke 22:36
  • Luke 22:38
  • Luke 22:49
  • Luke 22:52
  • John 18:10
  • John 18:11
  • Acts 12:2
  • Acts 16:27
  • Romans 8:35
  • Romans 13:4
  • Ephesians 6:17
  • Hebrews 4:12
  • Hebrews 11:34
  • Hebrews 11:37
  • Revelation 1:16
  • Revelation 2:12
  • Revelation 2:16
  • Revelation 6:4
  • Revelation 6:8
  • Revelation 13:10
  • Revelation 13:14
  • Revelation 19:15
  • Revelation 19:21
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/sword.html. 2024.
 
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