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Lexicon :: Strong's G4487 - rhēma

Aa
ῥῆμα
Transliteration
rhēma (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 (rhēma),
which occurs 471 times in 453 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 10 (Exo 9:6–Num 27:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6 - And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:20 - He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:21 - And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:24 - And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:17 - And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23 - If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:8 - And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:3 - And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:27 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:4 - And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:5 - And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:6 - And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:2 - Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26 - And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:20 - And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:36 - And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:41 - And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:26 - But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

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