Strong's Lexicon
G1366
G1366 — δίστομος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1366 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δίστομος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1364 and G4750 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | distomos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dis'-tom-os |
| Meaning: | 1. double-edged |
| KJV Renderings: | with two edges, two-edged |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δίστομος, δίστομον (δίς and στόμα), having a double mouth, as a river, Polybius 34, 10, 5; (ὁδοί i. e. branching, Sophocles O. C. 900). As στόμα is used of the edge of a sword and of other weapons, so δίστομος has the meaning two-edged: used of a sword in Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16; Rev 2:12, and according to Schott in ; also Jdg 3:16; Pro 5:4; Psa 149:6 : Sir 21:3; ξίφος, Euripides, Hel. 983.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δίστομος (with two edges)
Hebrews 4:12
- KJV: For the word of God quick and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart
- GK: ζων γαρ ο λόγος του θεού και ενεργής και τομώτερος υπέρ πάσαν μάχαιραν δίστομον και διϊκνούμενος άχρι μερισμόυ ψυχής τε και πνεύματος αρμών τε και μυελών και κριτικός ενθυμήσεων και εννοιών καρδίας
Revelation 1:16
- KJV: And he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword and his countenance as the sun shineth in his strength
- GK: και έχων εν τη δεξιά χειρί αυτού αστέρας επτά και εκ του στόματος αυτού ρομφαία δίστομος οξεία εκπορευομένη και η όψις αυτού ως ο ήλιος φαίνει εν τη δυνάμει αυτού
Revelation 2:12
- KJV: And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges
- GK: και τω αγγέλω της εν Περγάμω εκκλησίας γράψον τάδε λέγει ο έχων την ρομφαίαν την δίστομον την οξείαν