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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1366 - δίστομος

Transliteration
dístomos
Phonetics
dis'-tom-os
Origin
from (G1364) and (G4750)
Parts of Speech
adjective
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. 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
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 6366 ‑ פִּיָּה (pay‑aw', pee‑yaw');  8147 ‑ שְׁתַּיִם (shen‑ah'‑yim, shet‑tah'‑yim);  
Frequency Lists
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ASV (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
BSB (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
CSB (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
ESV (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
KJV (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
N95 (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
NAS (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
NLT (0)
The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
YLT (3)
Hebrews 1
Revelation 2
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.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

δίστομος, 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 ; also Judges 3:16; Proverbs 5:4; Psalm 149:6: Sir. 21:3; ξίφος, Euripides, Hel. 983.


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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.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
δίστομοι διστομον δίστομον διστομος δίστομος διστόμου distomon dístomon distomos dístomos
 
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