δίστομος, δίστομον (δίς and στόμα), having a double mouth, as a river, Polybius 34, 10, 5; (ὁδοί i. e. branching, Sophocles O. C. 900). As στόμα is used of the edge of a sword and of other weapons, so δίστομος has the meaning two-edged: used of a sword in Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12, and according to Schott in ; also Judges 3:16; Proverbs 5:4; Psalm 149:6: Sir. 21:3; ξίφος, Euripides, Hel. 983.
Hebrews 4:12 - Adj-AFS GRK:πᾶσαν μάχαιραν δίστομον καὶ διικνούμενος NAS: than any two-edged sword, and piercing KJV: than any twoedged sword, piercing INT: any sword two-edged even penetrating
Revelation 1:16 - Adj-NMS GRK:αὐτοῦ ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα ἐκπορευομένη NAS: a sharp two-edged sword; KJV: went a sharp twoedged sword: and INT: of him a sword two-edged sharp going forth
Revelation 2:12 - Adj-AFS GRK:ῥομφαίαν τὴν δίστομον τὴν ὀξεῖαν NAS: the sharp two-edged sword KJV: the sharp sword with two edges; INT: sword two-edged sharp
