The corpus record

ῥομφαία

romphaia · ἡ

large, broad sword

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Where it lives

Nahum 3 · 32.5/10k
Amos 8 · 26/10k
Aggaeus 2 · 21.98/10k
Michaeas 4 · 17.56/10k
Ezechiel 42 · 14.53/10k
Osee 5 · 13.26/10k
Susanna (LXX) 1 · 13.09/10k
Lamentationes 3 · 12.88/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 16 · 10.94/10k
Regnorum I 20 · 10.8/10k
Canticum 2 · 10.28/10k
Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

large, broad sword, sword, sword

large, broad sword, used by the Thracians, ὀρθὰς ῥ. βαρυσιδήρους ἀπὸ τῶν δεξιῶν ὤμων ἐπισείοντες Plu. Aem. 18, cf. Phylarch. Fr. 57 J., Arr. Fr. 103J.: generally, sword, LXX Ge. 3.24, al., Ev.Luc. 2.35, Apoc. 6.8, Jul. Ep. 89b; of the sword of Goliath, LXX 1 Ki. 17.51, J. AJ 6.12.4.

= νυκτερίς, Cyran. 36.

In the wild

ῥομφαία · rhomphaia New Testament, Luke 2.34 (DIORISIS sentence 97)
ῥομφαία · rhomphaia New Testament, Revelation 1.14 (DIORISIS sentence 14)
ῥομφαία · rhomphaia New Testament, Revelation 19.15 (DIORISIS sentence 387)
ῥομφαίᾳ · rhomphaiai New Testament, Revelation 19.21 (DIORISIS sentence 394)
ῥομφαίαν · rhomphaian New Testament, Revelation 2.12 (DIORISIS sentence 35)
ῥομφαίᾳ · rhomphaiai New Testament, Revelation 2.16 (DIORISIS sentence 39)

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Where it came from

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