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Lexicon :: Strong's H7420 - rōmaḥ

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רֹמַח
Transliteration
rōmaḥ
Pronunciation
ro'-makh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to hurl
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2172

Strong’s Definitions

רֹמַח rômach, ro'-makh; from an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point:—buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H7420 in the following manner: spear (12x), javelin (1x), lancet (1x), buckler (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H7420 in the following manner: spear (12x), javelin (1x), lancet (1x), buckler (1x).
  1. spear, lance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֹמַח rômach, ro'-makh; from an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point:—buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.
STRONGS H7420: Abbreviations
רֹ֫מַח noun [masculine] spear, lance (etymology unknown; Aramaic רוּמְחָא, bdb094201; Arabic bdb094202; Ethiopic bdb094203); — often +חֶרֶב, צִנָּה, מָגֵן, קֶשֶׁת, etc.; — absolute ר׳ Judges 5:8; Numbers 25:7 (P), Ezekiel 39:9; 1 Chronicles 12:9; 1 Chronicles 12:25 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:8; 1 Chronicles 12:24), 2 Chron 14:7; 2 Chronicles 25:5; plural רְמָחִים 1 Kings 18:28; Jeremiah 46:4; Joel 4:10; Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 4:15; 2 Chronicles 11:12; 26:14; suffix רָמְחֵיהֶם Nehemiah 4:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

25:7

Judges

5:8

1 Kings

18:28

1 Chronicles

12:8; 12:9; 12:24; 12:25

2 Chronicles

11:12; 14:7; 25:5; 26:14

Nehemiah

4:7; 4:10; 4:15

Jeremiah

46:4

Ezekiel

39:9

H7420

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7420 matches the Hebrew רֹמַח (rōmaḥ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:7 - When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he left the congregation and took a spear in his hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 -

“They chose new gods;

Then war was in the gates.

Was there a shield or spear seen

Among forty thousand in Israel?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28 - So they cried out with a loud voice [to get Baal’s attention] and cut themselves with swords and lances in accordance with their custom, until the blood flowed out on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

Courageous men from the Gadites came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - Those of the tribe of Judah who carried shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12 - And in each city he put [large] shields and spears, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Now Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, who carried large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, who carried shields and drew bows, all courageous men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 -

Amaziah assembled [the men of] Judah and appointed them in accordance with their fathers’ (ancestors’) households under commanders of thousands and of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin. He numbered them from twenty years old and above and found there to be 300,000 choice men fit for war and able to handle spear and shield.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - Moreover, Uzziah prepared shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and sling stones for the entire army.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - So I stationed armed men behind the wall in the lowest places, at the open positions [where it was least protected]; and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears, and bows.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - From that day on, half of my servants carried on the work while the other half held the spears, shields, bows, and breastplates; and the captains were behind the whole house of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 -

So we carried on with the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars came out.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 -

“Harness the horses,

And mount, you riders!

Take your stand with your helmets!

Polish the spears,

Put on the coats of mail!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 -

“And [when you, Gog, no longer exist] those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the [large] shields and the [fn]bucklers (small shields), the bows and the arrows, the war clubs and the spears; and for seven years they will burn them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 -

Beat your plowshares into swords

And your pruning hooks into spears;

Let the weak say, “I am strong!”

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