רֹמַח
rômach · ro'-makh
a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to hurl;
a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point
- a lance (as thrown)
- especially the iron point
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֹמַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and spears3 · 20%
- the spears2 · 13%
- a javelin1 · 7%
- or spear1 · 7%
- and lancets1 · 7%
- and buckler1 · 7%
- and spear1 · 7%
- spear1 · 7%
- their spears1 · 7%
- both the spears1 · 7%
- and the spears1 · 7%
- into spears1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.