Quick Definition
δίστομος, ον Adj two-edged
Strong's Definition
from 1364 and 4750; double-edged
KJV Usage: with two edges, two-edged
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δίστομος, -ov, (Sis and στόμα), having a double mouth, as a river, Polyb. 34, 10, 5; [ὁδοί i. e. branching, Soph. Ο. Ο. 9007. As στόμα is used of the edge of a sword and of other weapons, so δίστομος has the meaning two-edged : used of a sword in Heb. iv. 12; Rey. i. 16; ii. 12, and ace. to Schott in xix. 15; also Judges iii. 16; Prov. v. 4; Ps. exlix. 6; Sir. xxi. 3; ξίφος, Eur. Hel. 983.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δίστομος distomos 3x
pr. having two mouths; two-edged, Heb. 4:12; Rev. 1:16; 2:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δίστομος, -ον
(< δίς, στόμα), [in LXX: Jg 3:16, Ps 149:6, Pr 5:4 (פִּּיּוֹת), Si 21:3 * ;]
of rivers and roads, double-mouthed, double branching.
Of swords (Eur.; LXX, ll. c.), two-edged: He 4:12, Re 1:16 2:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δίστομος is found in a fragmentary context in an inscr. from Delos, ¢. B.C. 230, published in BCH xxix (1905), p. 508, no. 167 B®. See also P Leid Wi ® (ii/iii A.p.) ἔχε. . - paxalpw ὁλοσίδηρον δίστομον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δίστομος (distomos) — double-edged. δί-στομος, ον, (στόμα) double-mouthed, with two entrances, πέτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ὁδοί double-branching roads, [Refs]; so of rivers with two mouths, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; with two harbours, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II. of a weapon, two-edged, ξίφος [Refs 5th c.BC+]