Biblical Greek

greek #4501 - ῥομφαία, ας, ἡ rhomphaia (Rompha)

Original Word:	ῥομφαία, ας, ἡ
Transliteration:	rhomphaia
Definition:	Rompha, Rephan, the name of an Eg. god
Part of Speech:	Noun, Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(hrom-fah'-yah)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

sword.

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

Strong's 4501: ῤομφαία

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. Θρακιονἀμυντηριον, μάχαιρα, ξίφοςἤἀκόντιονμακρόν; (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; σουδέαὐτῆςτήνψυχήνδιελεύσεταιῤομφαία, 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 ἡφλογινηῤομφαία. Very often in the Sept. for חֶרֶב; often also in the O. T. Apocrypha.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 4501. ῥομφαία (rhomphaia) — 7 Occurrences

Luke 2:35 - N-NFS
GRK:ψυχὴν διελεύσεται ῥομφαία ὅπως ἂν
NAS:and a sword will pierce even
KJV: (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy
INT: soul will go through a sword so that anyhow

Revelation 1:16 - N-NFS
GRK:στόματος αὐτοῦ ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα
NAS: two-edged sword; and His face
KJV: a sharp twoedged sword: and his
INT: mouth of him a sword two-edged sharp

Revelation 2:12 - N-AFS
GRK:ἔχων τὴν ῥομφαίαν τὴν δίστομον
NAS: the sharp two-edged sword says this:
KJV: the sharp sword with two edges;
INT: has the sword two-edged

Revelation 2:16 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ τοῦ στόματός
NAS: against them with the sword of My mouth.
KJV: them with the sword of my mouth.
INT: with the sword the mouth

Revelation 6:8 - N-DFS
GRK:ἀποκτεῖναι ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν
NAS: to kill with sword and with famine
KJV: to kill with sword, and with
INT: to kill with sword and with

Revelation 19:15 - N-NFS
GRK:αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται ῥομφαία ὀξεῖα ἵνα
NAS: a sharp sword, so
KJV: goeth a sharp sword, that with
INT: of him goes forth a sword sharp that

Revelation 19:21 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ τοῦ καθημένου
NAS: were killed with the sword which came
KJV: with the sword of him that sat
INT: with the sword of him who sits

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