Dictionary entry

ῥομφαία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ῥομφαία, -ας, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶב;]

a large broad sword, used by the Thracians (v. DB, iv, 634); then generally (in LXX used interchangeably with μάχαιρα, q.v.), a sword: Re 1:16 2:12, 16 6:8 19:15, 21; metaph., Lk 2:35.†