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Lexicon :: Strong's G4491 - riza

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ῥίζα
Transliteration
riza (Key)
Pronunciation
hrid'-zah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:985,985

Strong’s Definitions

ῥίζα rhíza, hrid'-zah; apparently a primary word; a "root" (literally or figuratively):—root.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G4491 in the following manner: root (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G4491 in the following manner: root (17x).

  1. a root

  2. that which like a root springs from a root, a sprout, shoot

  3. metaph. offspring, progeny

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥίζα rhíza, hrid'-zah; apparently a primary word; a "root" (literally or figuratively):—root.
STRONGS G4491:
ῤίζα, ῤίζης, ἡ (akin to German Reis (cf. Latinradix; English root; see Curtius, § 515; Fick, Part 3:775)), from Homer down; the Sept. for שֹׁרֶשׁ;
1. a root: properly, Matthew 3:10; Luke 3:9; ἐκ ῤιζῶν, from the roots (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 51, 1 d.), Mark 11:20; ῤίζαν ἔχειν, to strike deep root, Matthew 13:6; Mark 4:6; tropically, οὐ ῤίζαν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, spoken of one who has but a superficial experience of divine truth, has not permitted it to make its way into the inmost recesses of his soul, Matthew 13:21; Mark 4:17; Luke 8:13; in figurative discourse, ῤίζα πικρίας (see πικρία) of a person disposed to apostatize and induce others to commit the same offence, Hebrews 12:15; the progenitors of a race are called ῤίζα, their descendants κλάδοι (see κλάδος, b.), Romans 11:16-18. Metaphorically, cause, origin, source: πάντων τῶν κακῶν, 1 Timothy 6:10; τῆς σοφίας, Sir. 1:6 (5), 20 (18); τῆς ἀθανασίας, Wis. 15:3; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, of the devil, Ev. Nicod. 23; ἀρχή καί ῤίζα παντός ἀγαθοῦ, Epicur. quoted in Atlmn. 12, 67, p. 546f; πηγή καί ῤίζα καλοκἀγαθίας τό νομίμου τυχεῖν παιδείας, Plutarch, de purr. educ. c. 7 b.
2. after the use of the Hebrew שֹׁרֶשׁ, that which like a root springs from a root, a sprout, shoot; metaphorically, offspring, progeny: Romans 15:12; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 22:16 (Isaiah 11:10).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
11:10
Matthew
3:10; 13:6; 13:21
Mark
4:6; 4:17; 11:20
Luke
3:9; 8:13
Romans
11:16; 11:17; 11:18; 15:12
1 Timothy
6:10
Hebrews
12:15
Revelation
5:5; 22:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4491 matches the Greek ῥίζα (riza),
which occurs 40 times in 38 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 - Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24 - Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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