The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ῥομφαία

Lemmaῥομφαία
Citation formῥομφαία, ας, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa sword, piercing grief
Strong’sG4501
Transliterationrhomphaía
Definitiona sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--sword.
Derivationprobably of foreign origin
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