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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:35 - and a sword G4501 will pierce through your own soul as well—that the thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:16 - and having in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword G4501 which comes out of His mouth, and His face was like the sun [fn]shining in its power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:12 -

“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:

This is what the One who has the sharp two-edged sword G4501 says:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:16 - ‘Therefore repent. But if not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword G4501 of My mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - Then I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and he who sits on it had the name Death, and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword G4501 and with famine and with [fn]pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:15 - And from His mouth comes a sharp sword G4501, so that with it He may STRIKE DOWN THE NATIONS, and He will [fn]RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON; and HE TREADS THE WINE PRESS OF THE WRATH OF THE RAGE OF GOD, the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:21 - And the rest were killed with the sword G4501 which came from the mouth of Him who sits on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
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