G4501 ῥομφαία - Strong's Greek Lexicon Number

LSJ Gloss:
ῥομφαία
a large sword, scymitar
Dodson:
ῤομφαία
a sword, piercing grief
a sword, scimitar; fig: war, piercing grief.
Strong's:
ῥομφαία
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: sword.

TBESG:
ῥομφαία
sword
G:N-F
ῥομφαία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב ;]
a large broad sword, used by the Thracians (see DB, iv, 634); then generally (in LXX used interchangeably with μάχαιρα, which see), a sword:
Refs Rev.1:16 2:12, 16 6:8 19:15, 21
; metaph., Luk.2:35.†
(AS)
Thayer:
1) a large sword
2) properly a long Thracian javelin, also a kind of long sword wont to be worn on the right shoulder


ῥομφαία
rhomphaia
hrom-fah'-yah
Probably of foreign origin; a sabre, that is, a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: sword.


View how G4501 ῥομφαία is used in the Bible

8 occurrences of G4501 ῥομφαία

Luke 2:35 a broadsword
Revelation 1:16 broadsword:
Revelation 2:12 broadsword
Revelation 2:16 the broadsword
Revelation 6:8 broadsword,
Revelation 19:15 broadsword,
Revelation 19:21 broadsword
Revelation 19:21 broadsword

Distinct usage

2 broadsword
2 broadsword,
1 broadsword:
1 broadsword
1 the broadsword
1 a broadsword

Corresponding Hebrew Words

rhomphaia H2595 chanit
rhomphaia H2719 cherev
rhomphaia H3979 maakhelet


Related words

G4501 ῥομφαία