Strong G3691ὀξύς
sharp/swift
- Transliteration
- oxus
- Pronunciation
- ox-oos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Probably akin to the base of G188 (acid);
keen; by analogy rapid: - sharp swift.
keen; by analogy rapid: - sharp swift.
Detailed definition
ὄξύς, -εῖα, -ύ
[in LXX: Psa.57:4, al. (חַד), Amo.2:15 (קַל), Isa.5:28 (שָׁנַן), etc.;]
1. sharp: Rev.1:16 2:12 14:14, 17-18 19:15.
2. Of motion, swift: Rom.3:15 (LXX ταχινός).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Psa.57:4, al. (חַד), Amo.2:15 (קַל), Isa.5:28 (שָׁנַן), etc.;]
1. sharp: Rev.1:16 2:12 14:14, 17-18 19:15.
2. Of motion, swift: Rom.3:15 (LXX ταχινός).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3691 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sharp6
- swift1
First verses
- Romans 3:15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
- Revelation 1:16And 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.
- Revelation 2:12And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
- Revelation 14:14And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 14:17And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 14:18And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
- Revelation 19:15And 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀξύς, ύδος, ἡ,
wood sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 27.112.)]
2 ={ὀξύσχοινος}, great sea-rush, Juncus acutus, [Refs ([prev. work] 21.113.)]
3 ={ὀξαλίς}, sorrel, Rumex acetosa, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.667.)]
wood sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 27.112.)]
2 ={ὀξύσχοινος}, great sea-rush, Juncus acutus, [Refs ([prev. work] 21.113.)]
3 ={ὀξαλίς}, sorrel, Rumex acetosa, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.667.)]