Dict: easton - Sword

easton:

Sword @ of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a sheath, and suspended from the girdle kjv@Exodus:32:27; kjv@1Samuel:31:4; kjv@1Chronicles:21:27; kjv@Psalms:149:6: kjv@Proverbs:5:4; kjv@Ezekiel:16:40 kjv@Ezekiel:21:3-5). It is a symbol of divine chastisement kjv@Deuteronomy:32:25; kjv@Psalms:7:12 kjv@Psalms:78:62), and of a slanderous tongue kjv@Psalms:57:4 kjv@Psalms:64:3; kjv@Proverbs:12:18). The word of God is likened also to a sword kjv@Hebrews:4:12; kjv@Ephesians:6:17; kjv@Revelation:1:16). Gideon's watchword was, "The sword of the Lord" kjv@Judges:7:20).