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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 BoxDeu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - (LXX 29:17) Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And he shall [fn]increase [fn]him that has escaped of the house of Juda: and the remnant shall strike root beneath, and it shall produce fruit above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 - When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated to my heels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:28 - But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, and so find the root of the matter in him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp rock, and turned up mountains by the roots:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - Who compass the salt places on the sounding shore, who had salt herbs for their food, and were dishonourable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - (LXX 47:3) The city of the great King is well planted on the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:9 - (LXX 79:10) Thou madest a way before it, and didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - A man shall not prosper by wickedness; but the roots of the righteous shall not be taken up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - [fn] And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And in that day [fn] there shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust, and his rest shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24 - For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord to Jerusalem; Thy root and thy birth are of the land of Chanaan: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Chettite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots were turned towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that he might water her together with the growth of her plantation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and that not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:7 - And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and bind it with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the grass that is without and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with the wild beasts in the grass of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and bind it with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - And whereas they said, Leave the stumps of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom abides sure to thee from the time that thou shalt know the power of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But out of the flower of her root there shall arise one on his place, and shall come against the host, and shall enter into the strongholds of the king of the north, and shall fight against them, and prevail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - And there shall arise out of his root one that shall cause a plant of the kingdom to pass over his place, earning kingly glory: and yet in those days shall he be broken, yet not openly, nor in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget children, I will kill the desired fruit of their womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - (LXX 14:6) I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - (LXX 3:19) For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.
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