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 · ῥῆμαBut 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 will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.Matthew 26:75 · ῥήματοςAnd Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.Matthew 27:14 · ῥῆμαAnd he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.Mark 9:32 · ῥῆμαBut they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.Mark 14:72 · ῥῆμαAnd the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word 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 with God nothing shall be impossible.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 Judaea.Luke 2:15 · ῥῆμαAnd it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.Luke 2:17 · ῥήματοςAnd when they had seen [it], they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.Luke 2:19 · ῥήματαBut Mary kept all these things, and pondered [them] in her heart.Luke 2:29 · ῥῆμάLord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: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 was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.Luke 3:2 · ῥῆμαAnnas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.Luke 5:5 · ῥήματίAnd Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.Luke 7:1 · ῥήματαNow when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.Luke 9:45 · ῥῆμα · ῥήματοςBut they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.Luke 18:34 · ῥῆμαAnd they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.Luke 20:26 · ῥήματοςAnd they could not take hold of his words 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 their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.John 3:34 · ῥήματαFor he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].John 5:47 · ῥήμασινBut if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?John 6:63 · ῥήματαIt is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.John 6:68 · ῥήματαThen Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.John 8:20 · ῥήματαThese words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.John 8:47 · ῥήματαHe that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.John 10:21 · ῥήματαOthers said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?John 12:47 · ῥημάτωνAnd if any man hear my words, and believe 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 words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, 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 speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.John 15:7 · ῥήματάIf ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.John 17:8 · ῥήματαFor I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received [them], and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.Acts 2:14 · ῥήματάBut Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:Acts 5:20 · ῥήματαGo, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.Acts 5:32 · ῥημάτωνAnd we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.Acts 6:11 · ῥήματαThen they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.Acts 6:13 · ῥήματαAnd set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:Acts 10:22 · ῥήματαAnd they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.Acts 10:37 · ῥῆμαThat word, [I say], ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;Acts 10:44 · ῥήματαWhile Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.Acts 11:14 · ῥήματαWho shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.Acts 11:16 · ῥήματοςThen remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.Acts 13:42 · ῥήματαAnd when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.Acts 16:38 · ῥήματαAnd the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.Acts 26:25 · ῥήματαBut he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the 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 Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,Romans 10:8 · ῥῆμά · ῥῆμαBut what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;Romans 10:17 · ῥήματοςSo then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.Romans 10:18 · ῥήματαBut I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went 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. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.Ephesians 5:26 · ῥήματι,That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by 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 brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Hebrews 6:5 · ῥῆμα,And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,Hebrews 11:3 · ῥήματιThrough faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.Hebrews 12:19 · ῥημάτων,And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:1 Peter 1:25 · ῥῆμα · ῥῆμαBut the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.2 Peter 3:2 · ῥημάτωνThat ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:Jude 1:17 · ῥημάτωνBut, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;