STRONGS G1366:
δίστομος,
-ον, (
δίς and
στόμα),
having a double mouth, as a river, Polybius 34, 10, 5; [
ὁδοί i. e. branching, Sophocles
O. C. 900). As
στόμα is used of the edge of a sword and of other weapons, so
δίστομος has the meaning
two-edged: used of a sword in
Hebrews 4:12;
Revelation 1:16;
Revelation 2:12, and according to Schott in
Revelation 19:15; also
Judges 3:16;
Proverbs 5:4;
Psalm 149:6: Sir. 21:3;
ξίφος, Euripides, Hel. 983.
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