root

Greek Noun Female

ῥίζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַשׁ;] a root: Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9; ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Mrk.11:20; ῥ. ἔχειν, Mat.13:6, Mrk.4:6; id. before ἐν ἑαυτῷ, figuratively, Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17, Luk.8:13. Metaphorical (as in various senses in cl.), of cause, origin, source, etc; (a) of things, ῥ. πάντων τ. κακῶν (Eur.), 1Ti.6:10; (b) of persons: of ancestors, Rom.11:16-18; ῥ. πικρίας, Heb.12:15. Of that which springs from a root, a shoot; metaphorically, of offspring, Rom.15:12 (LXX) Rev.5:5 22:16. (AS)

root

Greek Noun Female

ῥίζ-α, ης, ἡ: Ionic dialect nominative ῥίζη [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—root, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; used as a medicine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἐλατήριος, of a purgative medicine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, roots, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) metaphorically, roots of the eye, [Refs 8th c.BC+] probably bloodshot streaks); the roots or foundations of the earth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of feathers, hair, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the teeth, [Refs] 3) τὸν πόλεμον ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀνῄρηκε 'root and branch', [LXX+1st c.AD+]; compare ῥιζόθεν, πρόρριζος. II) that from which anything springs as from a root, ῥίζαν ἀπείρου τρίταν a third continental foundation, of Libya, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀστέων ῥ, of Cyrene, as the root or original of the Cyrenaic Pentapolis, [Refs]; root or stock from which a family springs, ῥ. σπέρματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so, race, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συκοφάντου. σπέρμα καὶ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; sect, party, [NT+5th c.BC+] II.2) base, foundation, ῥ. πάντων καὶ βάσις ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται Ti. Locrian dialect[Refs 5th c.BC+]; base of a vertical pillar, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.3) in Mathematics texts, root or base of a series, Anatolius cited in [Refs]. (Aeolic dialect βρίζα (which see): cf. Gothic waúrts, Latin radix.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

a "root" (literally or figuratively); root; apparently a primary word