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adjective

tomōteros

Greekτομώτερος (tomōteros)

Strong’sG5114

sharper, keener

stem tomōter-once in the New Testament0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

sharper

What it means

* τομός, -ή, -όν

(< τέμνω),

sharp: compar., -ώτερος, metaph., He 4:12.†

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

Strong’s G5114 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtom-o'-ter-os

more comprehensive or decisive than G2875, as if by a single stroke; whereas that implies repeated blows, like hacking); more keen

Fromcomparative of a derivative of the primary τέμνω (to cut;

King Jamessharper.

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 casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativetomōterostomōterastomōteremtomōteroistomōteraistomōtereim
object accusativetomōterontomōterantomōterointomōterain
direct address vocativetomōterortomōterartomōteroirtomōterair
of, belonging to genitivetomōteroutomōterautomōtereutomōteroiutomōteraiutomōtereiu
to, for dativetomōterotomōteratomōteretomōteroitomōteraitomōterei

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
tomōterstem+oaegender+smnruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

tomōter 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

tomōteros

Hebrews 4:12“sharper”Zōarōtos gar tos logos tou theou kai energos kai tomōteros huper pantan machairan distoman kai diiknerōtos achri merismou psuchau kai pneumeu, harmoiu tē kai mueloiu, kai kritikos enthumēsiaiu kai ennoiaiu kardiau;For the word of God is 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 the heart.