adjective

oxuos

Greekὀξύς (oxus)

Strong’sG3691

sharp, swift, eager

stem oxu-8 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

sharp7×swift1×

What it means

ὀξύς, -εῖα, -ύ,

[in LXX: Ps 56 (57):4, al. (חַד), Am 2:15 (קַל), Is 5:28 (שׁנן), etc.;]

1. sharp: Re 1:16 2:12 14:14, 17, 18 19:15.

2. Of motion, swift: Ro 3:15 (LXX ταχινός).†

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

Strong’s G3691 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidoz-oos'

keen; by analogy, rapid

Fromprobably akin to the base of G188 ("acid");

King Jamessharp, swift.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	oxuos	oxuas2×ὀξεῖα	oxuem4×ὀξύ	oxuois1×ὀξεῖς	oxuais	oxueim
object accusative	oxuon	oxuan1×ὀξεῖαν		oxuoin	oxuain
direct address vocative	oxuor	oxuar		oxuoir	oxuair
of, belonging to genitive	oxuou	oxuau	oxueu	oxuoiu	oxuaiu	oxueiu
to, for dative	oxuo	oxua	oxue	oxuoi	oxuai	oxuei

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

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

oxu 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

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

oxuas“sharp”subjectnominative singular2×

Revelation 1:16“sharp”kai echarōtos en ta dexa cheira autou astēroin hepta, kai ek teu stomeu autou romfaias distomas oxuas ekporeuerōtas, kai tas opsias autou hōs tos hēlios fainatō en ta dunamia autou.He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Revelation 19:15“sharp”kai ek teu stomeu autou ekporeuetō romfaias oxuas, hina en auta patassateia teim ethneim, kai autos poimainati autoin en rabda sidēroua; kai autos patatō tan lēnan tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau tou theou tou pantokratōrou.And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

oxuan“sharp”objectaccusative singular1×

Revelation 2:12“sharp”Kai to angelo tau en Pergama ekklēsau grafasar; Hōdeim legatō tos echarōtos tan romfaian tan distoman tan oxuan;To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

oxuem“sharp”subject or objectdirect singular4×

Revelation 14:14“sharp”Kai horama, kai idou nefelas leukas, kai epi tan nefelan katherōton homoion huion anthrōpou, echarōtos epi tau kefalau autou stefanon chrusouon kai en ta cheira autou drepanem oxuem.And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

Revelation 14:17“sharp”Kai allos angelos exerchata ek tou naou tou en to ourano, echarōtos kai autos drepanem oxuem.Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Revelation 14:18“sharp”kai allos angelos ek teu thusiastērieu, tos echarōtos exousian epi teu pureu, kai fōnata fōna mega to echarōto tem drepanem tem oxuem legarōtos; Pempasar su tem drepanem tem oxuem kai trugasar toin botruoin tau ampelau tau gēau, hoti akmazala tais stafulais autau.Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

Revelation 14:18“sharp”kai allos angelos ek teu thusiastērieu, tos echarōtos exousian epi teu pureu, kai fōnata fōna mega to echarōto tem drepanem tem oxuem legarōtos; Pempasar su tem drepanem tem oxuem kai trugasar toin botruoin tau ampelau tau gēau, hoti akmazala tais stafulais autau.Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

oxuois“swift”subjectnominative plural1×

Romans 3:15“swift”oxuois tois podois autoiu ekchara haimem,“Their feet are swift to shed blood;