ῥομφαία
rhomphaía
“a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)”
7 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. a Thracian broad-sword; a sword, Rev. 1:16; 2:12; by meton. war, Rev. 6:8; met. a thrill of anguish, Lk. 2:35
Translated in KJV as
sword
Etymology
probably of foreign origin;
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