hoplon · weapon

What it means

hoplon (ὅπλον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “weapon”.

Also tool, instrument.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Instruments of war; also tools in the service of something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• weapons ×5
• armor ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• John×1
• Romans×3
• 2 Corinthians×2

• John 18:3

  So Judas, having taken the cohort and officers from the high priests and from the Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

• Romans 6:13

  and do not present your members as weapons of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness to God.

• Romans 13:12

  The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

• 2 Corinthians 6:7

  in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

• 2 Corinthians 10:4

  for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful for God for the demolition of strongholds, demolishing arguments

And 1 more times.