Strong G3696ὅπλον
weapon
- Transliteration
- hoplon
- Pronunciation
- hop'-lon
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Probably from the primary word ἕπω hepō(to be busy about); an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively especially offensive for war): - armour instrument weapon.
Detailed definition
ὅπλον, -ου, τό
[in LXX for מָגֵן, צִנָּה, etc.;]
1. a tool, implement, instrument: ὅπλα ἀδικίας (Opp. to ὅ. δικαιοσύνης), Rom.6:13.
2. Freq., in pl., arms, weapons: Jhn.18:3, 2Co.10:4; metaphorically, τ. φωτός, Rom.13:12; τ. δικαιοσύνης, 2Co.6:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX for מָגֵן, צִנָּה, etc.;]
1. a tool, implement, instrument: ὅπλα ἀδικίας (Opp. to ὅ. δικαιοσύνης), Rom.6:13.
2. Freq., in pl., arms, weapons: Jhn.18:3, 2Co.10:4; metaphorically, τ. φωτός, Rom.13:12; τ. δικαιοσύνης, 2Co.6:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3696 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- armour2
- weapon2
- instrument1
First verses
- John 18:3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
- Romans 6:13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
- Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- 2 Corinthians 6:7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
- 2 Corinthians 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅπλον, τό,
tool, implement, mostly in plural, like{ἔντεα},{τεύχεα}: (probably from ἕπω A):
I a ship's tackle, tackling, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), 2.390, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 627)]; especially ropes, halyards, etc., δησάμενοι δ᾽ ἄρα ὅπλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.430, etc.)]; in which sense [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] twice uses the singular, rope, [Refs (14.346, 21.390: generally,)]any ropes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.25, 9.115, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 78.)]
II tools, strictly so called, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] especially of smiths' tools, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.409, 412; in full, ὅπλα χαλκήϊα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.433: in _sing._, ὅπλον ἀρούρης sickle, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.95 (from Antiphil))]; ὅπλον γεροντικόν staff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 1.7)]; δείπνων ὅπλον ἑτοιμότατον, of the wine-flask, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.248 (Marc. argument).)]
III in plural, also, implements of war, arms and armour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πάνθ᾽ ὅπλα κάμε,)] of the arms of Achilles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (18.614, compare 19.21; ὅπλοισιν ἔνι δεινοῖσιν ἐδύτην 10.254, 272; so in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.27, “IG” 12.1.9, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 14, etc.)]: rarely in singular, weapon, οὐδέ τι ἀρήϊον ὅπλον ἐκτέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23, compare 174, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 161, 570, 942, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.15)]; ποτὶ πονηρὸν οὐκ ἄχρηστον ὅπλον ἁ πονηρία [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 275)]; piece of armour, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.49.)]
III.2 the large shield, from which the men-at-arms took their name of ὁπλῖται (εἰκόνα γραπτὴν ἐν ὅπλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1012.18 (2nd c.BC),compare “IGRom.” 4.1302.35 (Cyme, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.44, 17.18); ὅπλον στύππινον “IG” 11(2).203 B 99 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]: metaphorically, τῆς πενίας ὅπλον ἡ παρρησία [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 29; ὅ. μέγιστον.. ἁρετὴ βροτοῖς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 433, compare 619.)]
III.3 in plural, also, heavy arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.53)]; ὅπλων ἐπιστάτης, ={ὁπλίτης}, opposed to κώπης ἄναξ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 379; ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ πλέον ἀλλὰ δαπάνης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.83; ὅπλα παραδοῦναι [prev. author] 4.69; ὅπλα ἀποβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 27, etc.)]
III.4 ὅπλα, ={ὁπλῖται}, men-at-arms, πολλῶν μεθ᾽ ὅπλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 115 (Lyric poetry): and frequently in Prose, ἐξέτασιν ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι)] to have a muster of the men-at-arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.74, etc.)]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὅπλων στρατηγός, opposed to ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.38, Decrees [prev. work] 115; χειροτονηθεὶς ἐπὶ τὰ ὅ. πρῶτος.. στρατηγός “IG” 22.682.44 (3rd c.BC))]; στρατηγεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ ὅ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 697 E (Delph., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]
III.5 τὰ ὅ. the place of arms, camp, ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.12, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.5, etc.; ἐκ τῶν ὅ. προϊέναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.111, compare 3.1.)]
III.6 Phrases: ἐνέδυνον (variant{ἐνέδυντο}) τὰ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.218, etc.)]; ἐν ὅπλοισι εἶναι or γενέσθαι to be in arms, under arms, [Refs 7th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.13, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 303, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.56; ἐν ὄπλοισι [ἰππομ]άχεντας 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.19; ἐν ὅπλοις μάχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456d; ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις μάχη [prev. author] “Lg.” 833e)]; ποιῆσαι ἐξέτασιν ἐν ὅπλοις Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 31.2; εἰς τὰ ὅ. παραγγέλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.13)]; ἐφ᾽ ὅπλοις or παρ᾽ ὅπλοις ἧσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 674, 357; μένειν ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅπλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.8)]; for ὅπλα ῥίπτειν, ἀφιέναι, κατατίθεσθαι, (see entry).; for ὅπλα τίθεσθαι, see at {τίθημι}.
IV of the arms possessed by animals for self-defence, [τὸν ἄνθρωπον] οὐκ ἔχοντα ὅπλον πρὸς τὴν ἀλκήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 687a25, compare b4, +others)]
V membrum virile, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.30, “APl.” 4.242 (1st c.BC: Erycius Epigrammaticus), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VI a gymnastic exercise, the last which came on in the games, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.63.)]
tool, implement, mostly in plural, like{ἔντεα},{τεύχεα}: (probably from ἕπω A):
I a ship's tackle, tackling, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), 2.390, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 627)]; especially ropes, halyards, etc., δησάμενοι δ᾽ ἄρα ὅπλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.430, etc.)]; in which sense [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] twice uses the singular, rope, [Refs (14.346, 21.390: generally,)]any ropes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.25, 9.115, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 78.)]
II tools, strictly so called, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] especially of smiths' tools, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.409, 412; in full, ὅπλα χαλκήϊα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.433: in _sing._, ὅπλον ἀρούρης sickle, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.95 (from Antiphil))]; ὅπλον γεροντικόν staff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 1.7)]; δείπνων ὅπλον ἑτοιμότατον, of the wine-flask, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.248 (Marc. argument).)]
III in plural, also, implements of war, arms and armour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πάνθ᾽ ὅπλα κάμε,)] of the arms of Achilles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (18.614, compare 19.21; ὅπλοισιν ἔνι δεινοῖσιν ἐδύτην 10.254, 272; so in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.27, “IG” 12.1.9, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 14, etc.)]: rarely in singular, weapon, οὐδέ τι ἀρήϊον ὅπλον ἐκτέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23, compare 174, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 161, 570, 942, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.15)]; ποτὶ πονηρὸν οὐκ ἄχρηστον ὅπλον ἁ πονηρία [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 275)]; piece of armour, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.49.)]
III.2 the large shield, from which the men-at-arms took their name of ὁπλῖται (εἰκόνα γραπτὴν ἐν ὅπλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1012.18 (2nd c.BC),compare “IGRom.” 4.1302.35 (Cyme, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.44, 17.18); ὅπλον στύππινον “IG” 11(2).203 B 99 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]: metaphorically, τῆς πενίας ὅπλον ἡ παρρησία [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 29; ὅ. μέγιστον.. ἁρετὴ βροτοῖς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 433, compare 619.)]
III.3 in plural, also, heavy arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.53)]; ὅπλων ἐπιστάτης, ={ὁπλίτης}, opposed to κώπης ἄναξ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 379; ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ πλέον ἀλλὰ δαπάνης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.83; ὅπλα παραδοῦναι [prev. author] 4.69; ὅπλα ἀποβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 27, etc.)]
III.4 ὅπλα, ={ὁπλῖται}, men-at-arms, πολλῶν μεθ᾽ ὅπλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 115 (Lyric poetry): and frequently in Prose, ἐξέτασιν ὅπλων ποιεῖσθαι)] to have a muster of the men-at-arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.74, etc.)]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὅπλων στρατηγός, opposed to ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.38, Decrees [prev. work] 115; χειροτονηθεὶς ἐπὶ τὰ ὅ. πρῶτος.. στρατηγός “IG” 22.682.44 (3rd c.BC))]; στρατηγεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ ὅ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 697 E (Delph., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]
III.5 τὰ ὅ. the place of arms, camp, ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.12, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.5, etc.; ἐκ τῶν ὅ. προϊέναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.111, compare 3.1.)]
III.6 Phrases: ἐνέδυνον (variant{ἐνέδυντο}) τὰ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.218, etc.)]; ἐν ὅπλοισι εἶναι or γενέσθαι to be in arms, under arms, [Refs 7th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.13, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 303, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.56; ἐν ὄπλοισι [ἰππομ]άχεντας 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.19; ἐν ὅπλοις μάχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456d; ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις μάχη [prev. author] “Lg.” 833e)]; ποιῆσαι ἐξέτασιν ἐν ὅπλοις Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 31.2; εἰς τὰ ὅ. παραγγέλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.13)]; ἐφ᾽ ὅπλοις or παρ᾽ ὅπλοις ἧσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 674, 357; μένειν ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅπλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.8)]; for ὅπλα ῥίπτειν, ἀφιέναι, κατατίθεσθαι, (see entry).; for ὅπλα τίθεσθαι, see at {τίθημι}.
IV of the arms possessed by animals for self-defence, [τὸν ἄνθρωπον] οὐκ ἔχοντα ὅπλον πρὸς τὴν ἀλκήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 687a25, compare b4, +others)]
V membrum virile, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.30, “APl.” 4.242 (1st c.BC: Erycius Epigrammaticus), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VI a gymnastic exercise, the last which came on in the games, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.63.)]