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Lexicon :: Strong's G4501 - romphaia

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ῥομφαία
Transliteration
romphaia (Key)
Pronunciation
hrom-fah'-yah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:993,987

Strong’s Definitions

ῥομφαία rhomphaía, hrom-fah'-yah; probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively):—sword.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4501 in the following manner: sword (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4501 in the following manner: sword (7x).

  1. a large sword

  2. properly a long Thracian javelin, also a kind of long sword wont to be worn on the right shoulder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥομφαία rhomphaía, hrom-fah'-yah; probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively):—sword.
STRONGS G4501:
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): Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12, 16; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 19:15, 21; σου δέ αὐτῆς τήν ψυχήν διελεύσεται ῤομφαία, a figure for 'extreme anguish shall fill (pierce, as it were) thy soul', Luke 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 חֶרֶב; often also in the O. T. Apocrypha.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
2:35
Revelation
1:16; 2:12; 2:16; 6:8; 19:15; 19:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4501 matches the Greek ῥομφαία (romphaia),
which occurs 199 times in 183 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 4 (2Sa 23:8–Psa 144:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 - These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:1 - And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:17 - And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 - But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:20 - And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:7 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:5 - And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:27 - And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:4 - Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18 - For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12 - If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:13 - Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 - Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:6 - For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:7 - Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10 - They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:62

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:62 - He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:64

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:64 - Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:10 - It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

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