Greek word study
ῥομφαία G4501
- Transliteration
- rhomphaía
- KJV glosses
- sword
Lexical summary
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information