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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 - When Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation, and took a spear in his hand

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28 - And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred armed troops.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12 - And he put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah, armed with bucklers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand men from Benjamin, that carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Then Amazi'ah assembled the men of Judah, and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were three hundred thousand picked men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - And Uzzi'ah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn till the stars came out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 - Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your coats of mail!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - "Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go forth and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, handpikes and spears, and they will make fires of them for seven years;

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 - Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, "I am a warrior."
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