ῥῆμα
word
‘word’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
See every Accusative-case word in the Greek New Testament →
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Plural
- More than one.
- Singular
- One.
1 verse where G4487 appears in the Accusative case in the Book of 2 Corinthians. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
2 Corinthians
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ρημα — transliterated rhēma — is a Greek noun carrying the sense “word.” Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 4:4. Spanning 64 verses in 12 books, it ranks among the moderately common words of the Greek New Testament. Its uses concentrate in Luke (27% of all occurrences). Thayer's distinguishes 2 senses for it. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G4487 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 64
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 64 distinct verses.
- 12 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 12 of 27 New Testament books.
- #247
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Greek words (rank 247 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 64 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 64 distinct verses.
- Gospels 36 verses · 56%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 31 verses · 48%
- Johannine 12 verses · 19%
- Pauline corpus 7 verses · 11%
- Hebrews 4 verses · 6%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 3 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Words 31×, Word 25×, Saying 5×
- American Standard Version: Words 24×, Word 21×, Saying 8×
- Berean Standard Bible: Words 19×, Word 17×, Message 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Word 31×, Words 29×, Things 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G4487 across 67 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G4487 across 66 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G4487 across 60 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G4487 across 70 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word
- subject matter of speech, thing spoken of
Word origin
Derived from ρεω (rhéō) (G4483) — to utter.
From G4483 ; an utterance (individually collectively or specifically); by implication a matter or topic (especially of narration command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever : - + evil + nothing saying word.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 10 distinct written forms G4487 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ῥήματα rhḗmata | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Neuter | Luke 2:19 | 24 |
| ῥῆμα rhē̂ma | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Neuter | Matthew 12:36 | 18 |
| ῥήματος rhḗmatos | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Neuter | Matthew 26:75 | 6 |
| ῥημάτων rhēmátōn | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Neuter | Luke 24:8 | 6 |
| ῥήματι rhḗmati | Noun, Dative, Singular, Neuter | Matthew 4:4 | 4 |
| ῥήματά rhḗmatá | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Neuter | John 12:48 | 3 |
| ῥῆμά rhē̂má | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Neuter | Luke 1:38 | 3 |
| ῥήμα rhḗma | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Neuter | Luke 2:15 | 1 |
| ῥήμασιν rhḗmasin | Noun, Dative, Plural, Neuter | John 5:47 | 1 |
| ῥήματί rhḗmatí | Noun, Dative, Singular, Neuter | Luke 5:5 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G4487, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ρημα appears 467 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 439 verses in 27 books.
- 467
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 439
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 15:1 ῥῆμα
- Exodus 2:14 ῥῆμα
- Leviticus 4:13 ῥῆμα
- Numbers 11:14 ῥῆμα
- Deuteronomy 1:14 ῥῆμα
- Joshua 1:13 ῥῆμα
- Judges 6:29 ῥῆμα
- Ruth 3:18 ῥῆμα
- 1 Samuel 2:23 ῥῆμα
- 2 Samuel 2:6 ῥῆμα
- 1 Kings 1:27 ῥῆμα
- 2 Kings 1:17 ῥῆμα
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G4487) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 439. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 15:1 ῥῆμα After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
- Genesis 18:14 ῥῆμα Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
- Genesis 18:25 ῥῆμα Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
- Genesis 19:21 ῥῆμα He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
- Genesis 20:8 ῥῆμα Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
- Genesis 21:11 ῥῆμα The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
- Genesis 21:12 ῥῆμα God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
- Genesis 22:1 ῥῆμα It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
- Genesis 22:16 ῥῆμα and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
- Genesis 22:20 ῥῆμα It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
- Genesis 24:9 ῥῆμα The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
- Genesis 24:28 ῥῆμα The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.
- Genesis 24:30 ῥῆμα It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
- Genesis 24:33 ῥῆμα Food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."
- Genesis 24:52 ῥῆμα It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
- Genesis 24:66 ῥῆμα The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
- Genesis 27:34 ῥῆμα When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
- Genesis 27:42 ῥῆμα The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
- Genesis 29:12 ῥῆμα Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
- Genesis 30:31 ῥῆμα He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
- Genesis 30:34 ῥῆμα Laban said, "Behold, I desire it to be according to your word."
- Genesis 31:1 ῥῆμα He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."
- Genesis 32:20 ῥῆμα You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."
- Genesis 34:14 ῥῆμα and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
- Genesis 34:19 ῥῆμα The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
- Genesis 37:8 ῥῆμα His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
- Genesis 37:11 ῥῆμα His brothers envied him; but his father kept this saying in mind.
- Genesis 39:7 ῥῆμα It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
- Genesis 39:9 ῥῆμα He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
- Genesis 39:17 ῥῆμα She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
- Genesis 39:19 ῥῆμα It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.
- Genesis 40:1 ῥῆμα It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:28 ῥῆμα That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:32 ῥῆμα The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- Genesis 41:37 ῥῆμα The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
- Genesis 42:16 ῥῆμα Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
- Genesis 42:20 ῥῆμα Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.
- Genesis 44:2 ῥῆμα Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
- Genesis 44:6 ῥῆμα He overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.
- Genesis 44:7 ῥῆμα They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
- Genesis 44:17 ῥῆμα He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
- Genesis 44:18 ῥῆμα Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 44:24 ῥῆμα It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- Genesis 47:30 ῥῆμα but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I will do as you have said."
- Genesis 48:1 ῥῆμα It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Exodus 2:14 ῥῆμα He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
- Exodus 2:15 ῥῆμα Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
- Exodus 4:15 ῥῆμα You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
- Exodus 4:30 ῥῆμα Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
- Exodus 9:5 ῥῆμα Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G4487) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
