King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1366
Transliteration: distomos
Phonetic Spelling: (dis'-tom-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: double-mouthed, two-edged
Meaning: double-mouthed, two-edged
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.
Word Summary
distomos: double-mouthed, two-edged
Original Word: δίστομοςTransliteration: distomos
Phonetic Spelling: (dis'-tom-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: double-mouthed, two-edged
Meaning: double-mouthed, two-edged
Strong's Concordance
with two edges, two-edged. From dis and stoma; double-edged -- with two edges, two-edged.
see GREEK dis
see GREEK stoma
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