Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ῥῆμα (G4487)
68 ῥῆμα , -τος, τό [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר , also for פֶּה , and Aram. פִּתְגָּם , etc. ;] prop., of that which is said or spoken, a word : Mt 27:14 , II Co 12:4 ; pl., τὰ ῥ. , of speech, discourse, Lk 7:1 , Jo 8:20 , Ac 2:14 , Ro 10:18 , II Pe 3:2 , al.; opp. to ὄνομα (a single word), a saying, statement, word of prophecy, instruction or command (in cl., phrase ): Mt 26:75 , Mk 9:32 , Lk 1:38 2:50 , Ac 11:16 , Ro 10:8 , He 11:3 ; ῥ. θεοῦ ( κυρίου ), Lk 3:2 , Ac 11:16 , Eph 6:17 , He 6:5 11:3 , I Pe 1:25 (LXX) ; τὰ ῥ. τ. θεοῦ , Jo 3:34 8:47 ; ῥ. ἀργόν , Mt 12:36 ; ῥ. ἄρρητα , II Co 12:4 . Like Heb. דָּבָר (but perh. also a Gk. colloquialism, v. Kennedy, Sources , 124; Thackeray, Gr. , 41), of that which is the subject of speech, a thing, matter ( Ge 15:1 , De 17:8 , al.): Lk 1:37 2:15 , Ac 10:37 ; pl., Lk 1:65 2:19 , 51 , Ac 5:32 13:42
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