What Does Revelation 2:12 Mean in the King James?
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The “two-edged” sword is literally “two-mouthed,” picturing the speaker’s word as a blade.
THE MEANING
The verse places you before the one who speaks to the assembly through its messenger, holding a sharp sword. The phrase “with two edges” carries the image of two mouths, joining the blade’s force to the speaker’s utterance.
THE ROOT
δίστομον
distomon
GROWS FROM
στομ- (στόμα)
Mouth; opening.
The adjective translated “with two edges” is δίστομος, literally “two-mouthed,” built from “twice” and στόμα, “mouth.” English keeps the blade but hides the mouth-image, which Revelation 1:16 makes explicit by placing this same sword at the speaker’s mouth.
ALSO GROWS
stoma: Mouth; opening.
στόμα
Revelation 1:16 says the sword comes from the speaker’s mouth, making the image inside “two-mouthed” visible.
stomion: Mouthpiece; also an edge or blade of a sword.
στόμιον
This word carries mouth-language into the vocabulary of a blade, holding speech and cutting edge together.
THE PATTERN
Scripture pictures the spoken word as a blade that penetrates and exposes.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.And 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.THE THREAD
And 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.The same Greek adjective describes the sword in both verses. Here, the sword comes from the speaker’s mouth, revealing the mouth-image carried by “two-edged.”
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