Strong G5114τομώτερος

sharper

Transliteration
tomōteros
Pronunciation
tom-o'-ter-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

Compound of a derivative of the primary word τέμνω temnō (to cut; more comprehensive or decisive than G2875 as if by a single stroke; whereas that implies repeated blows like hacking);
more keen: - sharper.

Detailed definition

τομός, -ή, -όν
(τέμνω),
sharp: compar., -ώτερος, metaphorically, Heb.4:12.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5114 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sharper1

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.
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Related words

Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: τόμος, ὁ,
slice, τ. ἐκ πτέρνης [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 37)]; γαστρός, πλακοῦντος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1179, 1190; τῆς χορδῆς 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 192)]; ἀλλάντων, πυοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.8, 19; γογγυλίδος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 88)]; τυροῦ, ἡνύστρου, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 150.2, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.14 (_anapaest meter_))]: generally, piece, κιθῶνος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Michel” 832.20 (Samos, 4th c.BC))]; of wood, beam, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).161 D 123, 165.49 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).)]
2 piece of land, [Refs ([prev. work]7.3170.12 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_), compare 1739, 1742 (from Thespiae).)]
3 Geometry texts, τ. κυλίνδρου frustum of a cylinder, portion of right cylinder intercepted between two parallel oblique sections, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra)] Con.Sph.Def.; τ. ἀπὸ ὀρθογωνίου κώνου τομᾶς ἀφαιρούμενος frustum of the section of a right-angled cone, i e. portion of a parabola cut off by two parallel double-ordinates, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aequil.” 2.10.)]
II roll of papyrus, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 357.15 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Isa.8.1, “PSI” 10.1146.1 (2nd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 7362.1 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; τ. συγκολλήσιμος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 2.41.18 (1st c.AD))]; τιμῆς ἀπὸ τόμου ἀγραφίου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PMich.Teb.” 123vvii 25 (1st c.AD))]; tome, volume, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PMich. in “Class.Phil.” 22.10 (2nd c.AD), 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.15: _metaphorically_, ἐν καθαρῷ διανοίας τ. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 32.)]