G3696: ὅπλον
hóplon · “weapon”
Definition
an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively, especially, offensive for war)
KJV translates it as: armour, instrument, weapon
Word origin: probably from a primary (to be busy about);
Extended definition
[in LXX for מָגֵן, צִנָּה, etc. ;]
1. a tool, implement, instrument: ὅπλα ἀδικίας (Opp. to ὅ. δικαιοσύνης), Rom.6:13.
2. Freq., in pl., arms, weapons: Jhn.18:3, 2Co.10:4; metaphorically, τ. φωτός, Rom.13:12; τ. δικαιοσύνης, 2Co.6:7.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3696 is translated
- as instruments ×2
- weapons ×2
- weapons. ×1
- armor ×1
Bible verses with G3696 (hóplon)
Hóplon appears in 5 verses.
- John 18:3
Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
- Romans 6:13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
- Romans 13:12
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- 2 Corinthians 6:7
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
- 2 Corinthians 10:4
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)