ῤομφαία,
ῤομφαίας,
ἡ,
a large sword; properly,
a long Thracian javelin (cf. Rich,
Dict. of Antiq. under the word Rhompaea); also a kind of long sword usually worn on the right shoulder (
Hesychius ῤομφαία.
Θρακιον ἀμυντηριον,
μάχαιρα,
ξίφος ἤ ἀκόντιον μακρόν; (
Suidas 3223 c. (cf.
ῥεμβω to revolve, vibrate)); cf.
Plutarch, Aemil. 18); (
A. V. sword):
Revelation 1:16;
Revelation 2:12, 16;
Revelation 6:8;
Revelation 19:15, 21;
σου δέ αὐτῆς τήν ψυχήν διελεύσεται ῤομφαία, a figure for 'extreme anguish shall fill (pierce, as it were) thy soul',
Luke 2:35, where cf. Kuinoel. (
Josephus, Antiquities 6, 12, 4; 7, 12, 1; in
Ev. Nicod. 26 the archangel Michael, keeper of Paradise, is called
ἡ φλογινη ῤομφαία. Very often in the
Sept. for
חֶרֶב; often also in the O. T. Apocrypha.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Luke
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2:35
- Revelation
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1:16; 2:12; 2:16; 6:8; 19:15; 19:21
