Rhomphaía — G4501

Definition

feminine noun

a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)

Usually translated as

sword

Origin

probably of foreign origin

Occurrences

Rhomphaía occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), Revelation (6)

• Luke 2:35 — (Yea, a sword (ῥομφαία) shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
• Revelation 1:16 — And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword (ῥομφαία): and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Revelation 2:12 — And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword (ῥομφαίαν) with two edges;
• Revelation 2:16 — Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword (ῥομφαία) of my mouth.
• Revelation 6:8 — And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword (ῥομφαία), and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
• Revelation 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword (ῥομφαία), that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
• Revelation 19:21 — And the remnant were slain with the sword (ῥομφαία) of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.