Strong's Concordance distomos: double-mouthed, two-edged Original Word: δίστομος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: distomos Phonetic Spelling: (dis'-tom-os) Definition: double-mouthed, two-edged Usage: (lit: twain-mouthed; hence: of a sword, as a drinker of blood), two-edged. HELPS Word-studies 1366 dístomos – properly, two-mouthed (having two edges), like a "two-edged" sword with both sides of the blade sharpened to an edge; (figuratively) what penetrates at every point of contact, coming in or going out. [A two-edged sword is an ideal defensive-offensive weapon and was known as "a drinker of blood" (Souter).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dis and stoma Definition double-mouthed, two-edged NASB Translation two-edged (3). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1366: δίστομοςδίστομος, δίστομον (δίς and στόμα), having a double mouth, as a river, Polybius 34, 10, 5; (ὁδοί i. e. branching, Sophocles O. C. 900). As στόμα is used of the edge of a sword and of other weapons, so δίστομος has the meaning two-edged: used of a sword in Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12, and according to Schott in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance with two edges, two-edged. From dis and stoma; double-edged -- with two edges, two-edged. see GREEK dis see GREEK stoma Forms and Transliterations δίστομοι διστομον δίστομον διστομος δίστομος διστόμου distomon dístomon distomos dístomosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Hebrews 4:12 Adj-AFSGRK: πᾶσαν μάχαιραν δίστομον καὶ διικνούμενος NAS: than any two-edged sword, and piercing KJV: than any twoedged sword, piercing INT: any sword two-edged even penetrating Revelation 1:16 Adj-NMS Revelation 2:12 Adj-AFS Strong's Greek 1366 |
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