Strong's Greek · G3691

ὀξύς

oxýs

sharp, swift

Definition

keen; by analogy, rapid

Derivation

probably akin to the base of G188 (ἀκμήν) ("acid");

Appears 8 times in Scripture

Revelation 19:15

And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Revelation 14:18

Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Revelation 1:16

He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Revelation 14:17

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Revelation 14:14

And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

Revelation 2:12

To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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