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ῥομφαία

Strong’s: G4501

Associated OET lemmas: ῥομφαία

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ῥομφαία; -ας

Sense 1: sword

Semantic entry: 6.32

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Weapons and Armor

Definition: a large, broad sword used for both cutting and piercing

Notes: In a number of languages the term for ‘sword’ is simply ‘a large knife,’ but in some regions it may be called ‘a machete for killing.’

LUK 2:35: RV LUK 2:35 · LV LUK 2:35 · Read together LUK 2:35

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OET-RV LUK 2:35

35 Also even as you experience incredible grief in the future, it will allow the thoughts of many hearts to be revealed.”

OET-LV LUK 2:35

35 also a_sword will _be _passing _through the soul of _you of _yourself, so _that the_speculations wishfully of many hearts may _be _revealed.

REV 1:16: RV REV 1:16 · LV REV 1:16 · Read together REV 1:16

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OET-RV REV 1:16

16 He was holding seven stars in his right hand and a sharp sword was extending from his mouth, and his face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

OET-LV REV 1:16

16 and holding in the right hand of _him seven stars, and out _of the mouth of _him a_sword double _edged sharp going _out, and the face of _him like the sun is _shining in the power of _it.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 2:35 · LV LUK 2:35 · Read together LUK 2:35

REV: RV REV 1:16 · RV REV 2:12 · RV REV 2:16 · RV REV 6:8 · RV REV 19:15 · RV REV 19:21 · LV REV 1:16 · LV REV 2:12 · LV REV 2:16 · LV REV 6:8 · LV REV 19:15 · LV REV 19:21 · Read together REV 1:16 · Read together REV 2:12 · Read together REV 2:16 · Read together REV 6:8 · Read together REV 19:15 · Read together REV 19:21

Sense 2: war, fighting, conflict

Semantic entry: 55.6

Semantic domains: Military Activities

Subdomains: To Fight

Definition: (figurative extension of meaning of ῥομφαία[a] ‘broad sword,’ 6.32: ῥομφαία)

Notes: It is possible that ῥομφαία in RV REV 6:8 · LV REV 6:8 · Read together REV 6:8 should be understood in its literal meaning of ‘broad sword’ (see 6.32: ῥομφαία).

REV 6:8: RV REV 6:8 · LV REV 6:8 · Read together REV 6:8

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OET-RV REV 6:8

8 Then I looked, and wow, there was a green horse. The one sitting on it was named ‘Death’, and Haidais was sitting behind him. They were given authority over a quarter of the earth: to execute people with the sword, with famine, with death, and with the wild animals on the earth.

OET-LV REV 6:8

8 And I _looked, and see, a_horse green, and the one sitting on it, the_name to _him was Death, and the Haidaʸs was _following with him, and was _given to _them authority over the fourth of _the earth, to _kill _off with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild _beasts of _the earth.

Sense 3: to feel pain and sorrow, to be sorrowful and distressed

Semantic entry: 25.279

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Sorrow, Regret

Definition: (an idiom, literally: a sword goes through one’s soul) to feel the intense pain of sorrow

Collocations: τὴν ψυχὴν διέρχεται ῥομφαία

LUK 2:35: RV LUK 2:35 · LV LUK 2:35 · Read together LUK 2:35

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OET-RV LUK 2:35

35 Also even as you experience incredible grief in the future, it will allow the thoughts of many hearts to be revealed.”

OET-LV LUK 2:35

35 also a_sword will _be _passing _through the soul of _you of _yourself, so _that the_speculations wishfully of many hearts may _be _revealed.