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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1366 - δίστομος

Transliteration

dístomos

Phonetics

dis'-tom-os

Origin

from (G1364) and (G4750)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

having a double mouth as a river
1. used of the edge of the sword and of other weapons, so has the meaning of two-edged

Thayer
Strong
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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6366 ‑ פִּיָּה (pay‑aw', pee‑yaw'); 8147 ‑ שְׁתַּיִם (shen‑ah'‑yim, shet‑tah'‑yim);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (3)

Hebrews

Revelation

NAS (3)

Hebrews

Revelation

HCS (3)

Hebrews

Revelation

BSB (3)

Hebrews

Revelation

ESV (3)

Hebrews

Revelation

WEB (3)

Hebrews

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

δί-στομος, ον,

(στόμα)

I double-mouthed, with two entrances, πέτρα S. Ph. 16; δ. ὁδοί double-branching roads, Id. OC 900; so of rivers with two mouths, Plb. 34.10.5; with two harbours, Hsch.

II of a weapon, two-edged, ξίφος E. Hel. 983; πελέκεως γένυς Id. Fr. 530.5.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δίστομος , -ον

(< δίς , στόμα ),

[in LXX: Judges 3:16, Psalms 149:6, Proverbs 5:4 (H6310), Sirach 21:3 *;]

1. of rivers and roads, double-mouthed, double branching.

2. Of swords (Eur.; LXX, ll c.), two-edged: Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

δίστομος is found in a fragmentary context in an inscr. from Delos, c. B.C. 230, published in BCH xxix (1905), p. 508, no. 167 B.85. See also P Leid Wiii. 6 (ii/iii A.D.) ἔχε. . . μαχαίριν ὁλοσίδηρον δίστομον.

List of Word Forms

δίστομοι διστομον δίστομον διστομος δίστομος διστόμου distomon dístomon distomos dístomos

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