Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ῥίζα (G4491)
17 ῥίζα , -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַשׁ ;] a root : Mt 3:10 , Lk 3:9 ; ἐκ ῥιζῶν , Mk 11:20 ; ῥ. ἔχειν , Mt 13:6 , Mk 4:6 ; id. seq. ἐν ἑαυτῷ , fig., Mt 13:21 , Mk 4:17 , Lk 8:13 . Metaph. (as in various senses in cl.), of cause, origin, source, etc.; of things, ῥ. πάντων τ. κακῶν (Eur.), I Ti 6:10 ; of persons: of ancestors, Ro 11:16-18 ; ῥ. πικρίας , He 12:15 . Of that which springs from a root, a shoot ; metaph., of offspring, Ro 15:12 (LXX) , Re 5:5 22:16 .†
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