Lexicon :: Strong's G4501 - rhomphaia

ῥομφαία

Transliteration

rhomphaia (Key)

Pronunciation

hrom-fah'-yah

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably of foreign origin

Greek Inflections of ῥομφαία [?]

mGNT
7x in 3 unique form(s) TR
7x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
199x in 6 unique form(s)

ῥομφαία — 3x

ῥομφαίᾳ — 3x

ῥομφαίαν — 1x

ῥομφαία — 3x

ῥομφαίᾳ — 3x

ῥομφαίαν — 1x

ῥομφαία — 34x

ῥομφαίᾳ — 64x

ῥομφαῗαι — 2x

ῥομφαίαν — 67x

ῥομφαίας — 31x

ῥομφαιῶν — 1x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:993,987

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a large sword
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G4501 matches the Greek ῥομφαία (rhomphaia),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

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Luk 2:35

Luk 2:35 - (Yea, a sword^G4501 shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Rev 1:16

Rev 1:16 - And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword:^G4501 and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Rev 2:12

Rev 2:12 - And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword^G4501 with two edges;

Rev 2:16

Rev 2:16 - Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword^G4501 of my mouth.

Rev 6:8

Rev 6:8 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,^G4501 and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Rev 19:15

Rev 19:15 - And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword,^G4501 that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Rev 19:21

Rev 19:21 - And the remnant were slain with the sword^G4501 of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.