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Strong G1366δίστομος

double-edged

Transliteration
distomos
Pronunciation
dis'-tom-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1364 and G4750; double edged: - with two edges two-edged.

Detailed definition

δίστομος, -ον
(δίς, στόμα), [in LXX: Jdg.3:16, Psa.149:6, Pro.5:4 (פֶּה), Sir.21:3 *;]
1. of rivers and roads, double-mouthed, double branching.

2. Of swords (Eur.; LXX, ll with), two-edged: Heb.4:12, Rev.1:16 2:12.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1366 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • twoedged2
  • edge1

First verses

  1. Hebrews 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 thoughts and intents of the heart.
  2. Revelation 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.
  3. Revelation 2:12
    And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δί-στομος, ον,
(στόμα) double-mouthed, with two entrances, πέτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 16)]; δ. ὁδοί double-branching roads, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 900)]; so of rivers with two mouths, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 34.10.5)]; with two harbours, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II of a weapon, two-edged, ξίφος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 983; πελέκεως γένυς [prev. author] “fragment” 530.5.)]