What does δίστομος (dístomos) mean in the Bible?
δίστομος (dístomos) is a Greek word meaning "double-edged".
Greek · G1366
δίστομος
Double-edged
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δίστομος G1366
Pronunciation dístomos
What does δίστομος (dístomos) mean in the Bible?
δίστομος (dístomos) is a Greek word meaning "double-edged".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1366?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include double-edged (3).
Where does δίστομος (dístomos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 4:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It double-edged 3× Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 1:16, Revelation 2:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 4:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
δίστομον 2x distomon Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 2:12
δίστομος 1x distomos Revelation 1:16
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 2:12
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 1:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. double-edged
Strong's G1366
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
double-edged
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 4:12 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
δίστομον, distomon
two-edged
Read verse Revelation 1:16 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
δίστομος distomov
two-edged
Read verse Revelation 2:12 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
δίστομον distomon
two-edged
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rev 1:16 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 4:12 · Rev 2:12 2×
Word Origins
δίστομος is built from these roots:
δίς G1364
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain