ῬΊΖΑ

ῬΊΖΑ: ῥίζα, -ης, ἡ [ [in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַשׁ ;] ] a root: Mt 3:10, Lk 3:9; ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Mk 11:20; ῥ. ἔχειν, Mt 13:6, Mk 4:6; id. seq. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, fig., Mt 13:21, Mk 4:17, Lk 8:13. Metaph. (as in various senses in cl.), of cause, origin, source, etc.; (a) . of things, ῥ. πάντων τ. κακῶν (Eur.), I Ti 6:10; (b) . of persons: of ancestors, Ro 11:16-18; ῥ. πικρίας, He 12:15. Of that which springs from a root, a shoot; metaph., of offspring, Ro 15:12 (LXX), Re 5:5 22:16.†