11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

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• Isa 49:2 · allusion
  "And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;"
  Isaiah: he made my mouth like a sharp sword — the sword of the Spirit

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4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Sam 17:5 — And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
• 1Thess 5:8 — But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
• Eph 5:26 — That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
• Heb 4:12 — 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 thoug
• Heb 4:12 — 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 thoug
• Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
• Heb 13:5 — Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
• Hos 6:5 — Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
• Isa 49:2 — And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
• Isa 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
• Isa 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
• Luke 4:4 — And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
• Matt 4:4 — But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• Matt 4:4 — But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• Matt 4:7 — Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
• Matt 4:10 — Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• Ps 17:4 — Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
• Rev 1:16 — 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.
• Rev 1:16 — 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.
• Rev 2:16 — Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 2:16 — Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 12:11 — And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
• Rev 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God