ὀξύς
oxýs · G3691 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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sharp
Pertaining to having a thin cutting edge
ExamplesRevelation 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 14:14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
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quick, swift
Pertaining to a very short period of time, with the probable implication of special haste
ExamplesRomans 3:15 “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πούςfoot 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- τομώτερος tomṓteros · G5114 · cutting, sharp
- Both terms describe sharpness or keenness, typically of a blade or cutting instrument. The candidate term additionally extends to rapidity or swiftness, a metaphorical application not attested for the target term.
In the other Testament 1 word
- חַד chad · H2299 · sharp, one
- Hebrew חַד and Greek ὀξύς both denote physical sharpness (keen edge), with ὀξύς extending by analogy to rapidity/swiftness while חַד maintains the literal sharp-edge sense; the core sharpness/keenness concept is directly shared across the languages.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Quick, swift67.112
- Describing human sinfulness, Romans 3:15 states “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,” where “SWIFT” renders this adjective.
- Sharp79.95
- Describing the glorified Christ, Revelation 1:16 states “In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword,” where “sharp” renders this adjective.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀξεῖα, ὀξύ (allied with Latinacer, acus, etc.; cf. Curtius, § 2); 1. sharp (from Homer…
1. sharp (from Homer down): ῤομφαία, δρέπανον, Rev 1:16; Rev 2:12; Rev 14:14, Rev 14:17; Rev 19:15 (Isa 5:28; Psalm 56).
2. swift, quick (so from Herodotus 5, 9 down; cf. ὠκύς fleet): Rom 3:15 (Amos 2:15; Prov 22:29).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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