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Lexicon :: Strong's G4501 - rhomphaia

Aa
ῥομφαία
Transliteration
rhomphaia (Key)
Pronunciation
hrom-fah'-yah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:993,987

Strong’s Definitions

ῥομφαία rhomphaía, hrom-fah'-yah; probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively):—sword.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4501 in the following manner: sword (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4501 in the following manner: sword (7x).

  1. a large sword

  2. properly a long Thracian javelin, also a kind of long sword wont to be worn on the right shoulder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥομφαία rhomphaía, hrom-fah'-yah; probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively):—sword.
STRONGS G4501:
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. Θρακιον ἀμυντηριον, μάχαιρα, ξίφος ἤ ἀκόντιον μακρόν; (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; σου δέ αὐτῆς τήν ψυχήν διελεύσεται ῤομφαία, 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 ἡ φλογινη ῤομφαία. Very often in the Sept. for חֶרֶב; often also in the O. T. Apocrypha.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
2:35
Revelation
1:16; 2:12; 2:16; 6:8; 19:15; 19:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4501 matches the Greek ῥομφαία (rhomphaia),
which occurs 199 times in 183 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 3:24–2Sa 12:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 - Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 - And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17 - And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:46 - So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33 - And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - And Saul and all the people that were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah’s, and he will give you into our hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9 - And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:13 - And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:5 - And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 -
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,
The bow of Jonathan turned not back,
And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

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