Topic
Sword
33 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 7:20Easton · Nave Used by — Gideon
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
- Psalms 57:4Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — Of the malicious tongue
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Hebrews 4:12Easton · Nave Two-edged
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Revelation 1:16Easton · Nave Two-edged
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- Genesis 3:24Nave SYMBOLICAL
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Genesis 27:40Nave FIGURATIVE — Of war
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Exodus 32:27Easton
And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
- Deuteronomy 32:25Easton
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
- Deuteronomy 32:41Nave FIGURATIVE — Of judgments
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Joshua 5:13Nave SYMBOLICAL
¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
- 1 Samuel 21:9Nave Used by — Goliath
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none…
- 1 Samuel 31:4Easton
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:5 Nave David' s army equipped with
- 1 Chronicles 21:27 Easton
- Psalms 7:12 Easton
- Psalms 17:13 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of judgments
- Psalms 64:3 Easton
- Psalms 78:62 Easton
- Psalms 149:6 Easton
- Proverbs 5:4 Easton
- Proverbs 12:18 Easton
- Proverbs 25:18 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of the malicious tongue
- Isaiah 2:4 Nave To be beaten into plowshares
- Ezekiel 16:40 Easton
- Ezekiel 21:3–5 Easton
- Hosea 11:6 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of judgments
- Joel 3:10 Nave Made of plowshares
- Micah 4:3 Nave To be beaten into plowshares
- Zechariah 13:7 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of judgments
- Matthew 26:51 Nave Used by — Peter
- John 18:10 Nave Used by — Peter
- Ephesians 6:17 Easton
- Revelation 2:12 Nave Two-edged
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 17 references
Of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a sheath, and suspended from the girdle (Ex. 32:27; 1 Sam. 31:4; 1 Chr. 21:27; Ps. 149:6: Prov. 5:4; Ezek. 16:40; 21:3-5).
It is a symbol of divine chastisement (Deut. 32:25; Ps. 7:12; 78:62), and of a slanderous tongue (Ps. 57:4; 64:3; Prov. 12:18). The word of God is likened also to a sword (Heb. 4:12; Eph. 6:17; Rev. 1:16). Gideon’s watchword was, “The sword of the Lord” (Judg. 7:20).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
sord.
See ARMOR, III, 5.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.