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Strong's H7420 רֹמַח (romach)

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

Strong's Number H7420
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 15
Books 9

Strong's H7420 Quick Answer

Strong's H7420 רוֹמַח (romach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. romach (ro'-makh) n-m. 1. a lance (as thrown) 2. especially the iron point It has 15 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include javelin, lancets, buckler, and bucklers. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
romach (ro'-makh) n-m. 1. a lance (as thrown) 2. especially the iron point
Usage
15 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
javelin, lancets, buckler, and bucklers

Meaning and Definition

romach (ro'-makh) n-m. 1. a lance (as thrown) 2. especially the iron point [from an unused root meaning to hurl] KJV: buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.

Original Word
רוֹמַח
Transliteration
romach
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7420. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H7420 Is Translated

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

buckler 1 Chronicles 12:8 bucklers Ezekiel 39:9 javelin Numbers 25:7 lancets 1 Kings 18:28

How Strong's H7420 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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 Old Testament with 15 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7420 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 H7420 in the Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7420.

Numbers 25:7 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7420, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7420 FAQ

What does romach (רֹמַח) mean?

Romach (Strong's H7420) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "buckler". romach (ro'-makh) n-m. 1. a lance (as thrown) 2. especially the iron point

How many times is romach (רֹמַח) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H7420 across 9 books.

Where can I study romach (רֹמַח) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7420 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate romach (רֹמַח)?

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