distomas

Strong’sG1366

two-edged

stem distom-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

δίστομος, -ον

(< δίς, στόμα), [in LXX: Jg 3:16, Ps 149:6, Pr 5:4 (פִּּיּוֹת), Si 21:3 *;]

1. of rivers and roads, double-mouthed, double branching.

2. Of swords (Eur.; LXX, ll. c.), two-edged: He 4:12, Re 1:16 2:12.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1366 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddis'-tom-os

double-edged

Fromfrom G1364 and G4750;

King Jameswith two edges, two-edged.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

δί-στομος, ον,
(στόμα) double-mouthed, with two entrances, πέτρα Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ὁδοί double-branching roads, Refs; so of rivers with two mouths, Refs 2nd c.BC+; with two harbours, Refs 5th c.AD+
II of a weapon, two-edged, ξίφος Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

two-edged3×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	distomos	distomas1×δίστομος	distomem	distomois	distomais	distomeim
object accusative	distomon	distoman2×δίστομον		distomoin	distomain
direct address vocative	distomor	distomar		distomoir	distomair
of, belonging to genitive	distomou	distomau	distomeu	distomoiu	distomaiu	distomeiu
to, for dative	distomo	distoma	distome	distomoi	distomai	distomei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

distomstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

distom is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

distomas“two-edged”subjectnominative singular1×

Revelation 1:16“two-edged”… kai ek teu stomeu autou romfaias distomas oxuas ekporeuorōntas, kai tas opsias autou …… seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like …

distoman“two-edged”objectaccusative singular2×

Hebrews 4:12“two-edged”… energos kai tomōteros huper pantan machairan distoman kai diiknorōntos achri merismou psuchau kai …… living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of …

Revelation 2:12“two-edged”… legatō tos echarōntos tan romfaian tan distoman tan oxuan;… These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.