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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ῥομφαία

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ῥομφαία
Citation form	ῥομφαία, ας, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a sword, piercing grief
Strong’s	G4501
Transliteration	rhomphaía
Definition	a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses	:--sword.
Derivation	probably of foreign origin
SBLGNT occurrences	7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
ῥομφαία	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 2:35 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 1:16 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 19:15
ῥομφαίᾳ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 19:21 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 2:16 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 6:8
ῥομφαίαν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 2:12

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ρομφαια.