Strong's G4501 · Greek

ῥομφαία

rhomphaia · hrom-fah'-yah

probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ῥομφαία (G4501)

7 † ῥομφαία , -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב ;] a large broad sword , used by the Thracians (v. DB , iv, 634); then generally (in LXX used interchangeably with μάχαιρα , q.v.), a sword : Re 1:16 2:12 , 16 6:8 19:15 , 21 ; metaph., Lk 2:35 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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