רֹמַח romach
Hebrew word for “spear” · Strong’s H7420 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
spear, lance
How it is translated
Glosses given for romach in context, with how often each is used:
- spears 8
- spear 6
- lances 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chronicles | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Nehemiah 4 (3), 1 Chronicles 12 (2), Numbers 25 (1), Judges 5 (1), 1 Kings 18 (1), 2 Chronicles 11 (1), 2 Chronicles 14 (1), 2 Chronicles 25 (1), 2 Chronicles 26 (1), Jeremiah 46 (1)
Forms
- ורמח 4
- רמח 2
- ורמחים 2
- וברמחים 1
- רמחיהם 1
- והרמחים 1
- ברמחים 1
- הרמחים 1
- וברמח 1
- לרמחים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with romach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צִנָּה tsinnah “shield” 6
- מָגֵן magen “shield” 5
- קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 5
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 5
- כּוֹבַע kova “helmet” 2
- אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 4
- שִׁרְיוֹן shiryon “armor” 2
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 4
- גִּבּוֹר gibbor “mighty man” 3
- בִּנְיָמִין binyamin “Benjamin” 3
- חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 3
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 3
Key verses
The verses using romach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 25:7 — And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
- Judges 5:8 — They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- 1 Kings 18:28 — And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 — And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle…
- 2 Chronicles 14:8 — And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred…
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 — Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers,…
- 2 Chronicles 26:14 — And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
- Nehemiah 4:13 — Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and…
- Nehemiah 4:16 — And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and…
- Jeremiah 46:4 — Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
- Ezekiel 39:9 — And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the…
- Joel 3:10 — Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.