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G4501 — ῥομφαία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
rhomphaia (rhom-fai'-ah) n.
1. a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind)
{literally or figuratively}
[probably of foreign origin]
KJV: sword
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
sword
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤομφαία, ῤομφαίας, ἡ, a large sword; properly, a long Thracian javelin (cf. Rich, Dict. of Antiq. under the word Rhompaea); also a kind of long sword usually worn on the right shoulder (Hesychius ῤομφαία. Θρακιον ἀμυντηριον, μάχαιρα, ξίφος ἤ ἀκόντιον μακρόν; (Suidas 3223 c. (cf. ῥεμβω to revolve, vibrate)); cf. Plutarch, Aemil. 18); (A. V. sword): Rev 1:16; Rev 2:12; Rev 2:16; Rev 6:8; Rev 19:15; Rev 19:21; σου δέ αὐτῆς τήν ψυχήν διελεύσεται ῤομφαία, a figure for ’extreme anguish shall fill (pierce, as it were) thy soul’, Luk 2:35, where cf. Kuinoel. (Josephus, Antiquities 6, 12, 4; 7, 12, 1; in Ev. Nicod. 26 the archangel Michael, keeper of Paradise, is called ἡ φλογινη ῤομφαία. Very often in the Sept. for çÆøÆá; often also in the O. T. Apocrypha.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ῥομφαία (sword)
Luke 2:35
- KJV: Yea a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed
- GK: και σου δε αυτής την ψυχήν διελεύσεται ρομφαία όπως αν αποκαλυφθώσιν εκ πολλών καρδιών διαλογισμοί
Revelation 1:16
- KJV: And he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword and his countenance as the sun shineth in his strength
- GK: και έχων εν τη δεξιά χειρί αυτού αστέρας επτά και εκ του στόματος αυτού ρομφαία δίστομος οξεία εκπορευομένη και η όψις αυτού ως ο ήλιος φαίνει εν τη δυνάμει αυτού
Revelation 2:12
- KJV: And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges
- GK: και τω αγγέλω της εν Περγάμω εκκλησίας γράψον τάδε λέγει ο έχων την ρομφαίαν την δίστομον την οξείαν
Revelation 2:16
- KJV: Repent or else I will come unto thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth
- GK: μετανόησον ει έρχομαί σοι ταχύ και πολεμήσω μετ΄ αυτών εν τη ρομφαία του στόματός μου
Revelation 6:8
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και είδον και ιδού ίππος χλωρός και ο καθήμενος επάνω αυτού όνομα αυτώ θάνατος και ο άδης ακολουθεί μετ΄ αυτού και εδόθη αυτώ εξουσία επί το τέταρτον της γης αποκτείναι εν ρομφαία και εν λιμώ και εν θανάτω και υπό των θηρίων της γης
Revelation 19:15
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και εκ του στόματος αυτού εκπορεύεται ρομφαία διστομος οξεία ίνα εν αυτή πατάξη τα έθνη και αυτός ποιμανεί αυτούς εν ράβδω σιδηρά και αυτός πατεί την ληνόν του οίνου του θυμού της οργής του θεού του παντοκράτορος
Revelation 19:21
- KJV: And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse which proceeded out of his mouth and all the fowls were filled with their flesh
- GK: και οι λοιποί απεκτάνθησαν εν τη ρομφαία του καθημένου επί του ίππου τη εξελθούση εκ του στόματος αυτού και πάντα τα όρνεα εχορτάσθησαν εκ των σαρκών αυτών