ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑΣ, ρομφαιας
RHOMPHAIAS, rhomphaias
Sounds Like: rom-FAY-ahs
Translations: of a sword, of a dagger, of a spear, of a javelin, of a saber
From the root: ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a large sword, often a broadsword, or a similar weapon like a dagger, spear, or javelin. It is used to describe a weapon that pierces or cuts, often with a sense of judgment or destruction. In the provided examples, it is used in contexts of warfare and injury.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4501 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 5:13
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 4:15, 4:16
- Judith — 2:27
- 1 Maccabees — 5:28, 5:51
- Psalms — 21:21, 88:44, 143:10
- Joel — 4:10
- Nahum — 3:3
- Zephaniah — 2:12
- Epistle of Barnabas — 5:13
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:47
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joshua — 6:21, 8:24
- Judges — 1:8, 1:25, 4:15, 4:16, 18:27, 20:37, 20:48, 21:10
- 1 Samuel — 15:8, 22:19
- 1 Kings — 19:17
- 2 Kings — 3:23, 10:25
- 1 Chronicles — 21:30
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:53
- Judith — 2:27
- 1 Maccabees — 5:28, 5:51
- Psalms — 21:21, 62:11, 88:44, 143:10
- Psalms of Solomon — 13:2
- Jeremiah — 51:28
- Lamentations — 4:9, 5:9
- Ezekiel — 6:8, 12:16, 21:15
- Micah — 4:3
- Joel — 3:10
- Nahum — 3:3
- Zephaniah — 2:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΡΟΜ — unknown
- ΡΟΜʼΦΑΙΑΝ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger, saber, a saber, (to) sword, (to) dagger, (to) saber
- ΡΟΜΦΑ — sword, a sword, saber, a saber
- ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ — sword, a sword, dagger, spear
- ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑΙ — swords, a sword, daggers, a dagger
- ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑΙΣ — to a sword, to a javelin, to a lance, to a saber, to a spear
- ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑΝ — sword, a sword, saber, a saber
- ΡΟΜΦΑΙΩΝ — of swords, of daggers, of spears, of javelins
- ΡΟΜΦΕΑ — sword, a sword, saber, a saber
- ΦΑΙΑΝ — sword, a sword, dagger, a dagger
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