Strong's Hebrew: 7420. רֹ֫מַח (romach) -- a spear, lance

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Lexicon

romach: a spear, lance

Original Word: רֹ֫מַח
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: romach
Phonetic Spelling: (ro'-makh)
Short Definition: spears

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a spear, lance
NASB Translation
lances (1), spear (5), spears (9).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רֹ֫מַח noun [masculine] spear, lance (etymology unknown; Aramaic רוּמְחָא,

; Arabic

; Ethiopic

); — often +חֶרֶב, צִנָּה, מָגֵן, קֶשֶׁת, etc.; — absolute ׳ר Judges 5:8; Numbers 25:7 (P), Ezekiel 39:9; 1 Chronicles 12:9; 1 Chronicles 12:25 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:8; v.1 Chronicles 12:24), 2 Chron 14:7; 2 Chronicles 25:5; plural רְמָחִים 1 Kings 18:28; Jeremiah 46:4; Joel 4:10; Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 4:15; 2Chronicles 11:12; 26:14; suffix רָמְחֵיהֶם Nehemiah 4:7.

Strong's

buckler, javelin, lancet, spear

From an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point -- buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.