G3691: ὀξύς
oxýs · “sharp/swift”
Definition
keen; by analogy, rapid
KJV translates it as: sharp, swift
Word origin: probably akin to the base of G188 (ἀκμήν) ("acid");
Extended definition
[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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3691 is translated
- sharp ×3
- sharp. ×2
- swift are ×1
- sharp; ×1
- sharp, ×1
Bible verses with G3691 (oxýs)
Oxýs appears in 7 verses.
- Romans 3:15
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
- Revelation 1:16
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
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
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
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 14:18
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
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.