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Strong's #4501: rhomphaia (pronounced 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.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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rhomphaia

1) a large sword

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

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: probably of foreign origin

Citing in TDNT: 6:993, 987




Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

Luke 2:35: "(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that"
Revelation 1:16: "went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as"
Revelation 2:12: "he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;"
Revelation 2:16: "them with the sword of my mouth."
Revelation 6:8: "earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and"
Revelation 19:15: "mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite"
Revelation 19:21: "were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse,"









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