rhomphaia · sword

What it means

rhomphaia (ῥομφαία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sword”.

A large broad sword.

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. A large bladed weapon; also grief that pierces the soul.

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

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Revelation×6

• Luke 2:35

  —and a sword will pierce your own soul too —so that the thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

• Revelation 1:16

  and he had in his right hand seven stars, and from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun when it shines in its strength.

• Revelation 2:12

  And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: This is what the one who has the sharp two-edged sword says:

• Revelation 2:16

  Change your mind, then; otherwise, I am coming to you soon, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

• Revelation 6:8

  And I looked, and look, a pale horse, and the one who sat on it, his name was Death, and Hades was following with him; and authority was given to them over the fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.

• Revelation 19:15

  And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it he may strike the nations; and he will shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the winepress of the wine of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

• Revelation 19:21

  And the rest were killed with the sword of the one who sat on the horse, the sword that came out of his mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.