oxus (sharp/swift)

Meaning

Usually translated “sharp” and “swift”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

sharp 7
swift 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Revelation 6
Romans 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Revelation 1:16And 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 2:12And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation 14:14And 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 14:17And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Revelation 14:18And 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 19:15And 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.

Greek dictionary

ὀξύς oxus · sharp/swift

ὄξύς, -εῖα, -ύ [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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sharp” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SH'ARP, adjective

Having a very thin edge or a fine point; keen; acute; not blunt.
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse; as, a hills terminates in a sharp peak, or a sharp ridge.
Forming an acute or too small angle at the ridge; as a sharp roof.
Acute of mind; quick to discern or distinguish; penetrating; ready at invention; witty; ingenious.

All definitions and other forms of “sharp”

Being of quick or nice perception; applied to the senses or organs of perception; as a sharp eye; sharp sight.
Affecting the organs of taste like fine points; piercing; penetrating; shrill; as sharp vinegar; sharp tasted citrons.
Affecting the organs of hearing like sharp points; poercing; penetrating; shrill; as a sharp sound or voice; a sharp not or tone; opposed to a flat note or sound.
Severe; harsh; biting; sarcastic; as sharp words; sharp rebuke.
Severely rigid; quick or severe in punishing; cruel.
Eager for food; keen; as a sharp appetite.
Eager in pursuit; deen in quest,
Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; as a sharp contest.
Keen; severe; pungent; as sharp pain.
Very painful or distressing; as sharp tribulation; a sharp fit of the gout.
Very attentive or vigilant.
Making nice calculations of profit; or close and exact in making bargains or demanding dues.
Biting; pinching; piercing; as sharp air; sharp wind or weather.
Subtil; nice; witty; acute; used of things; as a sharp discourse.
Among workmen, hard; as sharp sand.
Emanciated; lean; thin; as a sharp visage.

SH'ARP, noun

In music, an acute sound.
A note artificially raised a semitone; or,
The character which directs the note to be thus elevated; opposed to a flat, which depresses a note a semitone.
A pointed weapon. [Not in use.]

SH'ARP, verb transitive

To make keen or acute.
To render quick.
To mark with a sharp in musical composition; or to raise a not a semitone.

SH'ARP, verb intransitive

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.