Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To move or wave, as a weapon; as to brandish a shotgun; to shake or flourish. 2. (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms. 3. (n.) A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.

Multi-Version Concordance Brandish (4 Occurrences) Psalms 35:3 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation." (WEB NIV) Isaiah 10:15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood. (See NIV) Ezekiel 32:10 Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Zechariah 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man. (See RSV)