What does ῥομφαία · δίστομος · ὀξύς mean in the Bible?
ῥομφαία · δίστομος · ὀξύς is a Greek phrase meaning "a sharp two-edged sword, used here as imagery for Christ's authoritative judging word".
Greek · G4501, G1366, G3691
ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα
Sword · double-edged · keen; by analogy, rapid
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ῥομφαία G4501 sword
Pronunciation rhomphaía
Large broad sword; in NT used symbolically for divine judgment or piercing affliction of soul.
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δίστομος G1366 double-edged
Pronunciation dístomos
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ὀξύς G3691 keen; by analogy, rapid
Pronunciation oxýs
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What does ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα (rhomphaia distomos oxeia) mean in the Bible?
ῥομφαία · δίστομος · ὀξύς is a Greek phrase meaning "a sharp two-edged sword, used here as imagery for Christ's authoritative judging word".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4501, G1366, G3691?
G4501, G1366, G3691 is connected to 7 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. a sharp two-edged sword, used here as imagery for Christ's authoritative judging word
Source Gloss
a sharp two-edged sword, used here as imagery for Christ's authoritative judging word
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Dative (3) Number pattern Singular (7)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:35 · Rev 1:16 · Rev 19:15 3×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 2:16 · Rev 6:8 · Rev 19:21 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 2:12 1×
Word Origins
ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
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