ῤομφαία, ῤομφαίας, ἡ, a large sword; properly, a long Thracian javelin (cf. Rich, Dict. of Antiq. under the word Rhompaea); also a kind of long sword usually worn on the right shoulder (Hesychius ῤομφαία. Θρακιον ἀμυντηριον, μάχαιρα, ξίφος ἤ ἀκόντιον μακρόν; (Suidas 3223 c. (cf. ῥεμβω to revolve, vibrate)); cf. Plutarch, Aemil. 18); (A. V. sword): Rev_1:16; Rev_2:12; Rev_2:16; Rev_6:8; Rev_19:15; Rev_19:21; σου δέ αὐτῆς τήν ψυχήν διελεύσεται ῤομφαία, a figure for 'extreme anguish shall fill (pierce, as it were) thy soul', Luk_2:35, where cf. Kuinoel. (Josephus, Antiquities 6, 12, 4; 7, 12, 1; in Ev. Nicod. 26 the archangel Michael, keeper of Paradise, is called ἡ φλογινη ῤομφαία. Very often in the Sept. for ηΖψΖα; often also in the O. T. Apocrypha.)

ῥομφαία rhomphaia 7x pr. a Thracian broad-sword; a sword, Rev_1:16 ; Rev_2:12 ; by meton. war, Rev_6:8 ; met. a thrill of anguish, Luk_2:35

† ῥομφαία , -ας , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H2719 ;] a large broad sword , used by the Thracians ( v. DB , iv, 634); then generally (in LXX used interchangeably with μάχαιρα , q.v. ), a sword: Rev_1:16 ; Rev_2:12 ; Rev_2:16 ; Rev_6:8 ; Rev_19:15 ; Rev_19:21 ; metaph ., Luk_2:35 .†

ῥομφαία [page 564] For ῥομφαία , a Thracian weapon of large size, see Hastings DB iv. p. 634, where the different uses of the word are fully illustrated. In the NT it is found sexies in Rev, and once, metaphorically, in Luk_2:35 .

ῥομφαία ῥομφαία, ἡ, "a large sword, scymitar", used by the Thracians, Plut. , NTest. [Etym: Foreign word.]

ῥομφαία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב ;] a large broad sword, used by the Thracians (see DB, iv, 634); then generally (in LXX used interchangeably with μάχαιρα, which see), a sword: Rev.1:16 2:12, 16 6:8 19:15, 21; metaphorically, Luk.2:35.† (AS)