Strong's Greek · G3696

G3696 hóplon

ὅπλον

armour, instrument, weapon

When hóplon is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively, especially, offensive for war)

Derivation

probably from a primary (to be busy about);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

2 Corinthians 10:4

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

2 Corinthians 6:7

in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

Romans 13:12

The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Romans 6:13

Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

John 18:3

So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

When hóplon is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what hóplon means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like 2 Corinthians 10:4 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

How weighing a word works

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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