רֹמַחrômach

spear, lance (Judges 5:8; Numbers 25:7; Ezekiel 39:9; 1 Chronicles 12:9; 1 Chronicles 12:25)

Pronunciation: ro'-makh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7420

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 25:7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest saw this, he jumped up and left the assembly. He took a spear
  • Judges 5:8 When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel!
  • 1 Kings 18:28 So they shouted louder, and following their normal custom, they cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:8 Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad also defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were expert with both shield and spear, as fierce as lions and as swift as deer on the mountains.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:24 From the tribe of Judah, there were 6,800 warriors armed with shields and spears.
  • 2 Chronicles 11:12 He also put shields and spears in these towns as a further safety measure. So only Judah and Benjamin remained under his control.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).