noun · feminine
romfaias
Greekῥομφαία (romfaia)
Strong’sG4501
a sword, piercing grief
stem romfai-7 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ῥομφαία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4501 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhrom-fah'-yah
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
Fromprobably of foreign origin;
King Jamessword.
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 | romfaias3×ῥομφαία | romfaiais |
| object accusative | romfaian1×ῥομφαίαν | romfaiain |
| direct address vocative | romfaiar | romfaiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | romfaiau | romfaiaiu |
| to, for dative | romfaia3×ῥομφαίᾳ | romfaiai |
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
romfaia 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
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
romfaias“sword”subjectnominative singular3×
Luke 2:35“sword”kai su de autau tan psuchan diercheti romfaias, hopōs an apokaluptileia ek pollaiu kardiaiu dialogismois.so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed — and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”
Revelation 1:16“sword”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“sword”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.
romfaian“sword”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 2:12“sword”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.
romfaia“sword”to, fordative singular3×
Revelation 2:16“sword”metanoasar oun; ei de mē, erchemō si tachu, kai polemami meta autoiu en ta romfaia teu stomeu mu.Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Revelation 6:8“sword”kai horama, kai idou hippos chlōros, kai tos katherōtos epanō autou onomem auto tos Thanatos, kai tos hados akolouthate meta autou, kai dōita autoi exousias epi tem tetartem tau gēau, apokteinara en romfaia kai en limo kai en thanato kai hupo teiu thēreiu tau gēau.Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 19:21“sword”kai tois loipois apokteinila en ta romfaia tou katherōtou epi tou hippou ta exercharata ek teu stomeu autou, kai panteim teim ornitheim chortazila ek taiu sarxaiu autoiu.And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.