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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
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:7 - And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, so he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear H7420 in his hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 -

“[fn]God chose new leaders;

Then war was in the gates.

Not a shield or a spear H7420 was seen

Among forty thousand in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28 - So they cried with a loud voice and gashed themselves according to their custom with swords and lances H7420 until the blood gushed out on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

From the Gadites, mighty men of valor separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men of war who had gone out for military duty, who could [fn]handle large shield and spear H7420, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 -

The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear H7420 were 6,800, equipped for military duty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12 - And he put large shields and spears H7420 in every city and strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Now Asa had a military force of 300,000 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears H7420, and 280,000 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 -

Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he [fn]took a census of those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be 300,000 choice men, able to go out for military duty, able to handle spear H7420 and large shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - Moreover, Uzziah prepared [fn]for all the army shields, spears H7420, helmets, body armor, bows, and stones for sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - that I had men stand in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the [fn]exposed places, and I had the people stand by families with their swords, spears H7420, and bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And it happened that from that day on, half of my young men carried on the work while half of them took hold of the spears H7420, the shields, the bows, and the breastplates; and the commanders were behind the whole house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 -

So we kept doing the work with half of them holding spears H7420 from [fn]dawn until the stars came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 -

“Harness the horses,

And [fn]mount the steeds,

And take your stand with helmets on!

Polish the spears H7420,

Put on the scale-armor!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 -

“Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and large shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears H7420; and for seven years they will make fires of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 -

Beat your plowshares into swords

And your pruning hooks into spears H7420;

Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

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