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רֹמַח H7420

H7420 is the Hebrew word רֹמַח, transliterated rômach and said ro'-makh. The King James Version most often renders it spears.

Word: רֹמַחTransliteration: rômachSaid: ro'-makhLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point.

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to hurl.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

spears 8×spear 2×javelin 1×or spear 1×lancets 1×buckler 1×both the spears 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.

Verses using רֹמַח

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 25:7 · KJV

And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

Judges 5:8 · KJV

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

1 Kings 18:28 · KJV

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

1 Chronicles 12:8 · KJV

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

1 Chronicles 12:24 · KJV

The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

2 Chronicles 11:12 · KJV

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

2 Chronicles 14:8 · KJV

And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

2 Chronicles 25:5 · KJV

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2 Chronicles 26:14 · KJV

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

Nehemiah 4:13 · KJV

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:16 · KJV

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Nehemiah 4:21 · KJV

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

Jeremiah 46:4 · KJV

Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Ezekiel 39:9 · KJV

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

Joel 3:10 · KJV

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7420 mean?

H7420 is the Hebrew word רֹמַח (rômach), meaning a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point.

How is H7420 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it spears (8 times), spear (2 times), javelin (1 time), or spear (1 time), lancets (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7420 appear in the Bible?

רֹמַח (rômach) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7420 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to hurl.

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