Word Study · Strong's G4501 · Greek
ῥομφαία
rhomphaia
hrom-fah'-yah
Strong's 1890 spelling: rhomphaía
“a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
sword.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ῥομφαία3
- ῥομφαίᾳ3
- ῥομφαίαν1
How it is rendered · 3
- sword4
- a sword2
- a sword —1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-DSF · 3
- N-NSF · 3
- N-ASF · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Revelation carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Revelation6 occurrences
- Revelation 1:16ῥομφαίαrhomphaianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularHe held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.here: a sword
- Revelation 2:12ῥομφαίανrhomphaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularTo the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.here: sword
- Revelation 2:16ῥομφαίᾳrhomphaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularTherefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.here: sword
- Revelation 6:8ῥομφαίᾳrhomphaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThen I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.here: sword
- Revelation 19:15ῥομφαίαrhomphaianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.here: a sword
- Revelation 19:21ῥομφαίᾳrhomphaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAnd the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.here: sword