Sword

Sword [EBD]

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).

Sword [NAVE]

SWORD
Used by Gideon, Judg. 7:20; Goliath, 1 Sam. 21:9; Peter, Matt. 26:51; John 18:10.
David's army equipped with, 1 Chr. 21:5.
To be beaten into plowshares, Isa. 2:4; Mic. 4:3.
Made of plowshares, Joel 3:10.
Two-edged, Heb. 4:12; Rev. 1:16; 2:12.
See: Dagger; Knife.
Figurative
Of war, Gen. 27:40.
Of judgments, Deut. 32:41; Psa. 17:13; Hos. 11:6; Zech. 13:7.
Of the malicious tongue, Psa. 57:4; Prov. 25:18.
Symbolical
Gen. 3:24; Josh. 5:13; Rev. 1:16.

SWORD [SMITH]

[ARMS, ARMOR]

SWORD [ISBE]

SWORD - sord.

See ARMOR, III, 5.