Everyday object in Scripture

Sword in Scripture

Bladed weapon; also used symbolically for judgment, violence, or the word of God.

Study note: read each object in its immediate biblical context. Where shown, Strong’s links are drawn from the site’s local KJV Strong’s-token data.

Basic meaning

Bladed weapon; also used symbolically for judgment, violence, or the word of God.

Sword is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.

Local Strong’s evidence

The following local KJV Strong’s-token matches are connected with the listed references for this item.

ReferenceKJV wordingStrong’sMatched wording
Genesis 3:24swordH2719Sword
Matthew 26:52swordG3162Sword
Matthew 26:52the swordG3162Sword
Ephesians 6:17the swordG3162Sword

Expanded Strong’s occurrence references

Occurrence precision: large direct lexical range. The term appears frequently; use the search field and read each occurrence in context.

This table follows the content Strong’s numbers for this entry into the local KJV Strong’s occurrence index.

Expanded occurrences
433
Unique references
398
Books represented
42
Strong’s numbers
G3162, H2719

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Verse references

These links open the local NET Bible chapter context where available.