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).
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