noun · feminine

lonchas

Greekλόγχη (lonchē)

Strong’sG3057

a lance, spear

stem lonch-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

spear1×

What it means

λόγχη, -ης, ἡ,

[in LXX for רֹמַח, etc.;]

1. a spear-head.

2. a lance, spear: Mt 27:49 (|[WH]|, R, mg.), Jo 19:34.†

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

Strong’s G3057 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlong'-khay

a "lance"

Fromperhaps a primary word;

King Jamesspear.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	lonchas	lonchais
object accusative	lonchan	lonchain
direct address vocative	lonchar	lonchair
of, belonging to genitive	lonchau	lonchaiu
to, for dative	loncha1×λόγχῃ	lonchai

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

lonchstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

loncha 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

loncha“spear”to, fordative singular1×

John 19:34“spear”alla henos toiu stratiōtoiu loncha autou tan pleuran nussata, kai exerchata euthuos haimem kai hudōrem.Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.