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Strong's G3691 ὀξύς (oxys)

Oxys means “sharp” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3691 — kiclev (“Chisleu”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3691
Language Greek
Linked Usages 27
Books 13

Strong's G3691 Quick Answer

Strong's G3691 ὀξύς (oxus) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. oxus (ox-oos') adj. 1. keen 2. (by analogy) rapid It has 27 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include sharp and swift. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
oxus (ox-oos') adj. 1. keen 2. (by analogy) rapid
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
sharp and swift

Meaning and Definition

oxus (ox-oos') adj. 1. keen 2. (by analogy) rapid [probably akin to the base of G188 ("acid")] KJV: sharp, swift See also: G188

Original Word
ὀξύς
Transliteration
oxus
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3691. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

sharp/swift

Usage: ὄξύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX: Psa.57:4, al. (חַד), Amo.2:15 (קַל), Isa.5:28 (שָׁנַן), etc. ;] __1. sharp: Rev.1:16 2:12 14:14, 17-18 19:15. __2. Of motion, swift: Rom.3:15 (LXX ταχινός).† (AS)

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How Strong's G3691 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render oxus, 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.

sharp Revelation 1:16 swift Romans 3:15

How Strong's G3691 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 11 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3691 (ὀξύς) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3691 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3691 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Revelation 1:16 KJV

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.

Revelation 2:12 KJV

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

Strong's G3691 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

11 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Job 16:10 Septuagint / Brenton

He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; With his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; And they have run upon me with one accord.

Job 41:22 Septuagint / Brenton

His lair is formed of sharp points; And all the gold of the sea under him is as an immense quantity of clay.

Psalms 13:3 Septuagint / Brenton

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, There is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulcher; With their tongues they have used deceit; The poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways; And the way of peace they have not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Strong's G3691 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

3 Maccabees 2:23 Septuagint / Brenton

His friends and bodyguards, beholding the swift recompense which had suddenly overtaken him, struck with exceeding terror, and fearing that he would die, speedily removed him.

3 Maccabees 4:5 Septuagint / Brenton

A multitude of aged hoary-haired men, were driven along with halting bending feet, urged onward by the impulse of a violent, shameless force to quick speed.

4 Maccabees 9:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And when all admired his courageous soul, the spearmen brought forward him who was second in point of age, and having put on iron hands, bound him with pointed hooks to the catapult.

Strong's G3691 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:5 Septuagint / Brenton

in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3691.

Job 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; With his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; And they have run upon me with one accord.
Job 41:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His lair is formed of sharp points; And all the gold of the sea under him is as an immense quantity of clay.
Psalms 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, There is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulcher; With their tongues they have used deceit; The poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways; And the way of peace they have not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Psalms 56:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions’ whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 22:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
one diligent in his business Should attend on kings, And not attend on slothful men.
Proverbs 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 5:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whose arrows are sharp, and their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs are counted as solid rock: their chariot wheels are as a storm.
Isaiah 49:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hidden me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hidden me in his quiver;
Ezekiel 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, take thee a sword sharper than a barber’s razor; thou shalt procure it for thyself, and shalt bring it upon thy head, and upon thy beard: and thou shalt take a pair of scales, and shalt separate the hair.
Amos 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the archer shall not withstand, and he that is swift of foot shall in nowise escape; and the horseman shall not save his life.
Habakkuk 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his horses shall bound more swiftly than leopards, and they are fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hastening to eat.
Romans 3:15 New Testament, KJV
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Revelation 1:16 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 2:12 New Testament, KJV
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation 14:14 New Testament, KJV
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Revelation 14:17 New Testament, KJV
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Revelation 14:18 New Testament, KJV
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Revelation 19:15 New Testament, KJV
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
3 Maccabees 2:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
His friends and bodyguards, beholding the swift recompense which had suddenly overtaken him, struck with exceeding terror, and fearing that he would die, speedily removed him.
3 Maccabees 4:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A multitude of aged hoary-haired men, were driven along with halting bending feet, urged onward by the impulse of a violent, shameless force to quick speed.
4 Maccabees 9:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when all admired his courageous soul, the spearmen brought forward him who was second in point of age, and having put on iron hands, bound him with pointed hooks to the catapult.
4 Maccabees 11:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And having heated sharp spits, they approached them to his back; and having transfixed his sides, they burned away his entrails.
4 Maccabees 14:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And what could be more painful? for the power of fire, being sharp and quick, speedily dissolved their bodies.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: For in her is an understanding spirit, holy, One only, manifold, subtle, Lively, clear, undefiled, Plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, quick, Which cannot be letted, ready to do good,
Wisdom of Solomon 8:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, And shall be admired in the sight of great men.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thine Almighty word leaped from heaven out of thy royal throne, As a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,
1 Enoch 10:5 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3691, grouped by book.

Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 6 usages, New Testament
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3691 FAQ

What does oxys (ὀξύς) mean?

Oxys (Strong's G3691) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sharp". oxus (ox-oos') adj. 1. keen 2. (by analogy) rapid

How many times is oxys (ὀξύς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G3691 across 13 books.

Where can I study oxys (ὀξύς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3691 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate oxys (ὀξύς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sharp and swift. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3691 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 11 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3691, with linked reader references where each row is available.