Distomos means “with two edges” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1366 — gebul (“bound”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1366 δίστομος (distomos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. distomos (dis'-tom-os) adj. 1. double-edged [from G1364 and G4750] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include twoedged and two. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
distomos (dis'-tom-os) adj. 1. double-edged [from G1364 and G4750] KJV: with two edges, two-edged Root(s): G1364, G4750
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1366. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
double-edged
Usage: δίστομος, -ον (δίς, στόμα), [in LXX: Jdg.3:16, Psa.149:6, Pro.5:4 (פֶּה), Sir.21:3 * ;] __1. of rivers and roads, double-mouthed, double branching. __2. Of swords (Eur.; LXX, ll with), two-edged: Heb.4:12, Rev.1:16 2:12.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render distomos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1366 (δίστομος) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Ehud made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
The high praises of God shall be in their throat, And two-edged swords in their hands;
But afterward thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, And sharper than a two-edged sword.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
All iniquity is as a two edged sword, The wounds whereof cannot be healed.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1366.
And Ehud made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
The high praises of God shall be in their throat, And two-edged swords in their hands;
But afterward thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, And sharper than a two-edged sword.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
All iniquity is as a two edged sword, The wounds whereof cannot be healed.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1366, grouped by book.
Distomos (Strong's G1366) is a Greek word most simply glossed "with two edges". distomos (dis'-tom-os) adj. 1. double-edged [from G1364 and G4750]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G1366 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1366 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as twoedged and two. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1366, with linked reader references where each row is available.