What does ὀξύς (oxýs) mean in the Bible?
ὀξύς (oxýs) is a Greek word meaning "keen; by analogy, rapid".
Greek · G3691
ὀξύς
Keen; by analogy, rapid
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ὀξύς G3691
Pronunciation oxýs
What does ὀξύς (oxýs) mean in the Bible?
ὀξύς (oxýs) is a Greek word meaning "keen; by analogy, rapid".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3691?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a sharp (4), sharp (3), swift (1).
Where does ὀξύς (oxýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 3:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (7), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a sharp 4× Revelation 1:16, Revelation 14:14, Revelation 14:17, Revelation 19:15
sharp 3× Revelation 2:12, Revelation 14:18
swift 1× Romans 3:15
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 3:15 ὀξεῖς to swift Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 1:16 ὀξεῖα to a sharp Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 2:12 ὀξεῖαν to sharp Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 14:14 ὀξύ to a sharp Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:17 ὀξύ to a sharp Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:18 ὀξὺ to sharp Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 14:18 ὀξὺ to sharp Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 19:15 ὀξεῖα to a sharp Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 3:15
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Revelation 7
Source forms
ὀξεῖα 2x oxeia Revelation 1:16, Revelation 19:15
ὀξύ 2x oxy Revelation 14:14, Revelation 14:17
ὀξὺ 2x oxy Revelation 14:18
ὀξεῖαν 1x oxeian Revelation 2:12
ὀξεῖς 1x oxeis Romans 3:15
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 4x Revelation 14:14, Revelation 14:17, Revelation 14:18
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Revelation 1:16, Revelation 19:15
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 2:12
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 3:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. keen; by analogy, rapid
Strong's G3691
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 4 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
keen; by analogy, rapid
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 3:15 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ὀξεῖς oxeiv
sharp, swift, eager
Read verse Revelation 1:16 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ὀξεῖα oxeia
sharp, swift, eager
Read verse Revelation 2:12 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ὀξεῖαν· oxeian
sharp, swift, eager
Read verse Revelation 14:14 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ὀξύ. oxu
sharp, swift, eager
Read verse Revelation 14:17 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ὀξύ. oxu
sharp, swift, eager
Read verse Revelation 14:18 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ὀξύ, oxu
sharp, swift, eager
Read verse Revelation 14:18 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ὀξὺ oxu
sharp, swift, eager
Read verse Revelation 19:15 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ὀξεῖα, oxeia
sharp, swift, eager
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rev 1:16 · Rev 19:15 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 3:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 14:14 · Rev 14:17 · Rev 14:18 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 2:12 1×
Word Origins
ὀξύς is built from this root:
ἀκμήν G188
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain