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Lexicon :: Strong's G4487 - rēma

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ῥῆμα
Transliteration
rēma (Key)
Pronunciation
hray'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:69,505

Strong’s Definitions

ῥῆμα rhēma, hray'-mah; from G4483; an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever:—+ evil, + nothing, saying, word.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x

The KJV translates Strong's G4487 in the following manner: word (56x), saying (9x), thing (3x), no thing (with G3756) (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x
The KJV translates Strong's G4487 in the following manner: word (56x), saying (9x), thing (3x), no thing (with G3756) (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word

    1. any sound produced by the voice and having definite meaning

    2. speech, discourse

      1. what one has said

    3. a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one's mind made in words)

      1. an utterance

      2. a saying of any sort as a message, a narrative

        1. concerning some occurrence

  2. subject matter of speech, thing spoken of

    1. so far forth as it is a matter of narration

    2. so far as it is a matter of command

    3. a matter of dispute, case at law

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥῆμα rhēma, hray'-mah; from G4483; an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever:—+ evil, + nothing, saying, word.
STRONGS G4487:
ῤῆμα, ῤήματος, τό (from Ρ᾽ΑΩ, perfect passive ἐίρημαι), from Theognis, Herodotus, Pindar down; the Sept. chiefly for דָּבָר; also for אֹמֶר, מִלָּה, פֶּה, אִמְרָה, etc.;
1. properly, that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word (cf. ἔπος, also λόγος, I. 1); i. e.
a. any sound produced by the voice and having a definite meaning: Matthew 27:14; ῤῆμα γλώσσης, Sir. 4:24; φωνή ῤημάτων, a sound of words, Hebrews 12:19; ῤήματα ἄρρητα (unspeakable words), 2 Corinthians 12:4.
b. Plural, τά ῤήματα, speech, discourse (because it consists of words either few or many (cf. Philo, leg. alleg. 3, 61 τό δέ ῤῆμα μέρος λόγου)): Luke 7:1; Acts 2:14; words, sayings, John 8:20; John 10:21; Acts (Acts 10:44); Acts 16:38; τῶν ῤημάτων τίνος, what one has said, Luke 24:8, 11, or taught, Romans 10:18; τοῖς ἐμοῖς ῥηματοις, my teachings, John 5:47; John 12:47; John 15:7; τά ῥημαψα ἅ ἐγώ λελάληκα, John 6:63; John 14:10; (ἀληθείας καί σωφροσύνης ῤήματα ἀποφθέγγομαι, Acts 26:25); ῤήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις, thy teaching begets eternal life, John 6:68; τά ῤήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, utterances in which God through someone declares his mind, John 8:47; λαλεῖ τίς τά ῤήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, speaks what God bids him, John 3:34; λαλεῖν πάντα τά ῤήματα τῆς ζωῆς ταύτης, to deliver the whole doctrine concerning this life, i. e. the life eternal, Acts 5:20; τά ῤήματα ἅ ἔδωκας μοι, what thou hast bidden me to speak, John 17:8; ῤήματα λαλεῖν πρός τινα, ἐν οἷς etc. to teach one the things by which etc. Acts 11:14; τά ῤήματα τά προειρημενα ὑπό τίνος, what one has foretold, 2 Peter 3:2; Jude 1:17; λαλεῖν ῤήματα βλάσφημα εἰς τινα, to speak abusively in reference to one (see εἰς, B. II. 2 c. β.), Acts 6:11; κατά τίνος, against a thing, Acts 6:13 (G L T Tr WH omit βλάσφημα).
c. a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one's mind made in words);
α. universally, an utterance, declaration (German eine Aeusserung).: Matthew 26:75; Mark 9:32; Mark 14:72; Luke 2:50; Luke 9:45; Luke 18:34; Luke 20:26; Acts 11:16; Acts 28:25; with adjectives, ῤῆμα ἀργόν, Matthew 12:36; εἰπεῖν πονηρόν ῤῆμα κατά τίνος, to assail one with abuse, Matthew 5:11 (R G; others omit ῤῆμα).
β. a saying of any sort, as a message, a narrative: concerning some occurrence, λαλεῖν τό ῤῆμα περί τίνος, Luke 2:17; ῤῆμα τῆς πίστεως, the word of faith, i. e. concerning the necessity of putting faith in Christ, Romans 10:8; a promise, Luke 1:38; Luke 2:29; καλόν Θεοῦ ῤῆμα, God's gracious, comforting promise (of salvation), Hebrews 6:5 (see καλός, c.); καθαρίσας... ἐν ῤήματι, according to promise (properly, on the ground of his word of promise, viz. the promise of the pardon of sins; cf. Mark 16:16), Ephesians 5:26 (others take ῤήματι here as equivalent to 'the gospel,' cf. Ephesians 6:17, Romans 10:8; (see Meyer at the passage)); the word by which something is commanded, directed, enjoined: Matthew 4:4 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 389 (364) n.); Luke 4:4 R G L Tr in brackets; Hebrews 11:3; a command, Luke 5:5; ἐγένετο ῤῆμα Θεοῦ ἐπί τινα, Luke 3:2 (Jeremiah 1:1; πρός τινα, Genesis 15:1; 1 Kings 18:1); plural ῤήματα παρά σου, words from thee, i. e. to be spoken by time, Acts 10:22; ῤῆμα τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, his omnipotent command, Hebrews 1:3. doctrine, instruction (cf. Winer's Grammar, 123 (117)): (τό) ῤῆμα (τοῦ) Θεοῦ, divine instruction by the preachers of the gospel, Romans 10:17 (R G; but L T Tr WH ῤήματος Χριστοῦ; others give ῤήματος here the sense of command, commission; (cf. Meyer)); saving truth which has God for its author, Ephesians 6:17; also τοῦ κυρίου, 1 Peter 1:25; words of prophecy, prophetic announcement, τά ῤήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Revelation 17:17, Rec. (others, οἱ λόγοι τοῦ Θεοῦ).
2. In imitation of the Hebrew דָּבָר, the subject matter of speech, thing spoken of, thing; and that
a. so far forth as it is a matter of narration: Luke 2:15; Acts 10:37; plural, Luke 1:65; Luke 2:19, 51; Acts 5:32; Acts 13:42.
b. in so far as it is matter of command: Luke 1:37 (see ἀδυνατέω, b.) (Genesis 18:14; Deuteronomy 17:8).
c. a matter of dispute, case at law: Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1 (A. V. retains 'word' here and in the preceding passage) (Deuteronomy 19:15).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
15:1; 18:14
Deuteronomy
17:8; 19:15
1 Kings
18:1
Jeremiah
1:1
Matthew
4:4; 5:11; 12:36; 18:16; 26:75; 27:14
Mark
9:32; 14:72; 16:16
Luke
1:37; 1:38; 1:65; 2:15; 2:17; 2:19; 2:29; 2:50; 2:51; 3:2; 4:4; 5:5; 7:1; 9:45; 18:34; 20:26; 24:8; 24:11
John
3:34; 5:47; 6:63; 6:68; 8:20; 8:47; 10:21; 12:47; 14:10; 15:7; 17:8
Acts
2:14; 5:20; 5:32; 6:11; 6:13; 10:22; 10:37; 10:44; 11:14; 11:16; 13:42; 16:38; 26:25; 28:25
Romans
10:8; 10:8; 10:17; 10:18
2 Corinthians
12:4; 13:1
Ephesians
5:26; 6:17; 6:17
Hebrews
1:3; 6:5; 11:3; 12:19
1 Peter
1:25
2 Peter
3:2
Jude
1:17
Revelation
17:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4487 matches the Greek ῥῆμα (rēma),
which occurs 471 times in 453 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 10 (Gen 15:1–Exo 9:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:14 - Is anything too hard[fn] for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - As soon as he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, “Thus the man spoke to me,” he went to the man. And behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:33 - Then food was set before him to eat. But he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.” He said, “Speak on.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:66

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:66 - And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12 - And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s kinsman, and that he was Rebekah’s son, and she ran and told her father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:34 - Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1 - Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11 - And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17 - and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 - As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:28 - It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - And the doubling of Pharaoh’s dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:37 - This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6 - When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7 - They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - Then Judah went up to him and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - “When we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30 - but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place.” He answered, “I will do as you have said.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:15 - You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:30 - Aaron spoke all the words that the LORD had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:5 - And the LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land.”

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