ῥῆμα, -τος, τό [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for פֶּה, and Aram. פִּתְגָּם, etc. ;] 1. prop., of that which is said or spoken, (a) a word: Mat.27:14, 2Co.12:4; pl., τὰ ῥ., of speech, discourse, Luk.7:1, Jhn.8:20, Act.2:14, Rom.10:18, 2Pe.3:2, al.; (b) opposite to ὄνομα (a single word), a saying, statement, word of prophecy, instruction or command (in cl., phrase): Mat.26:75, Mrk.9:32, Luk.1:38 2:50, Act.11:16, Rom.10:8, Heb.11:3; ῥ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Luk.3:2, Act.11:16, Eph.6:17, Heb.6:5 11:3, 1Pe.1:25" (LXX) ; τὰ ῥ. τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.3:34 8:47; ῥ. ἀργόν, Mat.12:36;ῥ. ἄρρητα, 2Co.12:4. 2. Like Heb. דָּבָר (but perh. also a Gk. colloquialism, see Kennedy, Sources, 124; Thackeray, Gr., 41), of that which is the subject of speech, a thing, matter (Gen.15:1, Deu.17:8, al.): Luk.1:37 2:15, Act.10:37; pl., Luk.1:65 2:19, 51, Act.5:32 13:42 (AS)
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G4487 — ῥῆμα
rhēma · declaration · Greek
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Matthew 4:4 · ῥήματιBut he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.Matthew 12:36 · ῥῆμαAnd I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.Matthew 18:16 · ῥῆμα.But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.Matthew 26:75 · ῥήματοςAnd Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.Matthew 27:14 · ῥῆμαAnd he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.Mark 9:32 · ῥῆμαBut they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.Mark 14:72 · ῥῆμαAnd straightway the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word, how that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.Luke 1:37 · ῥῆμα.¶For no word from God shall be void of power.Luke 1:38 · ῥῆμάAnd Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.Luke 1:65 · ῥήματαAnd fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judæa.Luke 2:15 · ῥῆμαAnd it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.Luke 2:17 · ῥήματοςAnd when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child.Luke 2:19 · ῥήματαBut Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.Luke 2:29 · ῥῆμάNow lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;Luke 2:50 · ῥῆμαAnd they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.Luke 2:51 · ῥήματαAnd he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.Luke 3:2 · ῥῆμαin the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.Luke 5:5 · ῥήματίAnd Simon answered and said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing: but at thy word I will let down the nets.Luke 7:1 · ῥήματαAfter he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.Luke 9:45 · ῥῆμα · ῥήματοςBut they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.Luke 18:34 · ῥῆμαAnd they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.Luke 20:26 · ῥήματοςAnd they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.Luke 24:8 · ῥημάτωνAnd they remembered his words,Luke 24:11 · ῥήματαAnd these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.John 3:34 · ῥήματαFor he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.John 5:47 · ῥήμασινBut if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?John 6:63 · ῥήματαIt is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.John 6:68 · ῥήματαSimon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.John 8:20 · ῥήματαThese words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.John 8:47 · ῥήματαHe that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.John 10:21 · ῥήματαOthers said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?John 12:47 · ῥημάτωνAnd if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.John 12:48 · ῥήματάHe that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.John 14:10 · ῥήματαBelievest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.John 15:7 · ῥήματάIf ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.John 17:8 · ῥήματαfor the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.Acts 2:14 · ῥήματάBut Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spake forth unto them, saying, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and give ear unto my words.Acts 5:20 · ῥήματαGo ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.Acts 5:32 · ῥημάτωνAnd we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.Acts 6:11 · ῥήματαThen they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.Acts 6:13 · ῥήματαand set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:Acts 10:22 · ῥήματαAnd they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.Acts 10:37 · ῥῆμαthat saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judæa, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;Acts 10:44 · ῥήματαWhile Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard the word.Acts 11:14 · ῥήματαwho shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.Acts 11:16 · ῥήματοςAnd I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.Acts 13:42 · ῥήματαAnd as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.Acts 16:38 · ῥήματαAnd the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;Acts 26:25 · ῥήματαBut Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.Acts 28:25 · ῥῆμαAnd when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers,Romans 10:8 · ῥῆμά · ῥῆμαBut what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:Romans 10:17 · ῥήματοςSo belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.Romans 10:18 · ῥήματαBut I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.2 Corinthians 12:4 · ῥήματαhow that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.2 Corinthians 13:1 · ῥῆμα.This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.Ephesians 5:26 · ῥήματι,that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,Ephesians 6:17 · ῥῆμαAnd take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:Hebrews 1:3 · ῥήματιwho being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Hebrews 6:5 · ῥῆμα,and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,Hebrews 11:3 · ῥήματιBy faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.Hebrews 12:19 · ῥημάτων,and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;1 Peter 1:25 · ῥῆμα · ῥῆμαBut the word of the Lord abideth for ever.And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.2 Peter 3:2 · ῥημάτωνthat ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:Jude 1:17 · ῥημάτωνBut ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;