δίστομος
dístomos · G1366 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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double-edged
Pertaining to having two edges, with particular reference to a sword
ExamplesHebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Revelation 1:16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.
Revelation 2:12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- פִּיפִיָּה pîyphîyâh · H6374 · edges, points
- Hebrew noun meaning 'two-edged' or 'double edges,' used to describe a sword with two cutting edges (Judg 3:16, Ps 149:6, Prov 5:4). Direct translation equivalent for δίστομος in contexts describing double-edged swords.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Double-edged79.94
- Used of a weapon's sharpened cutting quality on both sides, as of the word of God described as sharper than any two-edged sword in Hebrews 4:12, the sharp two-edged sword coming from the mouth of the exalted Christ in Revelation 1:16 and 2:12, and the message to the church having the sharp two-edged sword in Revelation 2:12.
Word family 21 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon δίστομον (δίς and στόμα), having a double mouth, as a river, Polybius 34, 10, 5; (ὁδοί i.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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