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, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”Matthew 12:36 · ῥῆμαI tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.Matthew 18:16 · ῥῆμα.But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.Matthew 26:75 · ῥήματοςPeter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” He went out and wept bitterly.Matthew 27:14 · ῥῆμαHe gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.Mark 9:32 · ῥῆμαBut they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.Mark 14:72 · ῥῆμαThe rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.Luke 1:37 · ῥῆμα.¶For everything spoken by God is possible.”Luke 1:38 · ῥῆμάMary said, “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.Luke 1:65 · ῥήματαFear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.Luke 2:15 · ῥῆμαIt happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”Luke 2:17 · ῥήματοςWhen they saw it, they publicized widely 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 · ῥῆμά“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;Luke 2:50 · ῥῆμαThey didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.Luke 2:51 · ῥήματαAnd he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to 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 to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.Luke 5:5 · ῥήματίSimon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”Luke 7:1 · ῥήματαAfter he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.Luke 9:45 · ῥῆμα · ῥήματοςBut they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.Luke 18:34 · ῥῆμαThey understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.Luke 20:26 · ῥήματοςThey weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.Luke 24:8 · ῥημάτωνThey remembered his words,Luke 24:11 · ῥήματαThese words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.John 3:34 · ῥήματαFor he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.John 5:47 · ῥήμασινBut if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”John 6:63 · ῥήματαIt is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.John 6:68 · ῥήματαSimon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.John 8:20 · ῥήματαJesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.John 8:47 · ῥήματαHe who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”John 10:21 · ῥήματαOthers said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”John 12:47 · ῥημάτωνIf anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.John 12:48 · ῥήματάHe who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.John 14:10 · ῥήματαDon’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.John 15:7 · ῥήματάIf you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.John 17:8 · ῥήματαfor the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.Acts 2:14 · ῥήματάBut Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.Acts 5:20 · ῥήματα“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”Acts 5:32 · ῥημάτωνWe are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”Acts 6:11 · ῥήματαThen they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”Acts 6:13 · ῥήματαand set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.Acts 10:22 · ῥήματαThey said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”Acts 10:37 · ῥῆμαyou yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;Acts 10:44 · ῥήματαWhile Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.Acts 11:14 · ῥήματαwho will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’Acts 11:16 · ῥήματοςI remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’Acts 13:42 · ῥήματαSo when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.Acts 16:38 · ῥήματαThe sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,Acts 26:25 · ῥήματαBut he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.Acts 28:25 · ῥῆμαWhen they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,Romans 10:8 · ῥῆμά · ῥῆμαBut what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith, which we preach:Romans 10:17 · ῥήματοςSo faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.Romans 10:18 · ῥήματαBut I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”2 Corinthians 12:4 · ῥήματαhow 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 or three witnesses 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 · ῥήματιHis Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our 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 universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.Hebrews 12:19 · ῥημάτων,the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,1 Peter 1:25 · ῥῆμα · ῥῆμαbut the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.2 Peter 3:2 · ῥημάτωνthat you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:Jude 1:17 · ῥημάτωνBut you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.