Strong G4501ῥομφαία
sword
- Transliteration
- rhomphaia
- Pronunciation
- hrom-fah'-yah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably of foreign origin; a sabre that is a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind literally or figuratively): - sword.
Detailed definition
ῥομφαία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב;]
a large broad sword, used by the Thracians (see DB, iv, 634); then generally (in LXX used interchangeably with μάχαιρα, which see), a sword: Rev.1:16 2:12, 16 6:8 19:15, 21; metaphorically, Luk.2:35.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב;]
a large broad sword, used by the Thracians (see DB, iv, 634); then generally (in LXX used interchangeably with μάχαιρα, which see), a sword: Rev.1:16 2:12, 16 6:8 19:15, 21; metaphorically, Luk.2:35.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4501 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sword7
- a1
- the1
First verses
- Luke 2:35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
- 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 2:16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
- Revelation 6:8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
- 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.
- Revelation 19:21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥομφαία, ἡ,
large, broad sword, used by the Thracians, ὀρθὰς ῥ. βαρυσιδήρους ἀπὸ τῶν δεξιῶν ὤμων ἐπισείοντες [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 18, compare 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus “fragment” 57 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - FHG” 103J.)]: generally, sword, [LXX+NT+4th c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.3.24, +others, NT.Luke.2.35, NT.Rev.6.8, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 89b)]; of the sword of Goliath, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.1Ki.17.51, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.12.4.)]
II ={νυκτερίς}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cyranus 36.)]
large, broad sword, used by the Thracians, ὀρθὰς ῥ. βαρυσιδήρους ἀπὸ τῶν δεξιῶν ὤμων ἐπισείοντες [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 18, compare 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus “fragment” 57 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - FHG” 103J.)]: generally, sword, [LXX+NT+4th c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.3.24, +others, NT.Luke.2.35, NT.Rev.6.8, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 89b)]; of the sword of Goliath, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.1Ki.17.51, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.12.4.)]
II ={νυκτερίς}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cyranus 36.)]