Definition:
ῥῆμα, -τος, τό [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for פֶּה, and Aram. פִּתְגָּם, etc;] 1) prop, of that which is said or spoken, (a) a word: Mat.27:14, 2Co.12:4; pl, τὰ ῥ, of speech, discourse, Luk.7:1, Jhn.8:20, Act.2:14, Rom.10:18, 2Pe.3:2, al; (b) opp. to ὄνομα (a single word), a saying, statement, word of prophecy, instruction or command (in cl, phrase): Mat.26:75, Mrk.9:32, Luk.1:38 2:50, Act.11:16, Rom.10:8, Heb.11:3; ῥ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Luk.3:2, Act.11:16, Eph.6:17, Heb.6:5 11:3, 1Pe.1:25 " (LXX); τὰ ῥ. τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.3:34 8:47; ῥ. ἀργόν, Mat.12:36; ῥ. ἄρρητα, 2Co.12:4. 2) Like Heb. דָּבָר (but perh. also a Gk. colloquialism, see Kennedy, Sources, 124; Thackeray, Gr., 41), of that which is the subject of speech, a thing, matter (Gen.15:1, Deu.17:8, al.): Luk.1:37 2:15, Act.10:37; pl, Luk.1:65 2:19, 51, Act.5:32 13:42 (AS)
Definition:
ῥῆμα, ατος, τό, (ἐρῶ)
that which is said or
spoken, word, saying, [
Refs 7th c.BC+] (where perhaps it ={ῥήτρα}[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ Πιττακοῦ. περιεφέρετο τοῦτο τὸ ῥ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δόγμα τε καὶ ῥ. [
Refs]; opposed to ἔργματα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔργον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὸ ἀληθές, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] 'fine words butter no parsnips', cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥήματα θηρεύειν catch at one's
words, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἱπποβάμονα, ῥ. μυριάμφορον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥήματος ἐχόμενον depending on the
word, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ ῥ. τῷ τόδε προσχρώμενοι
the word τόδε, [
Refs]; τῷ ῥ. λέγειν, εἰπεῖν, say
in so many words, [
Refs]; κατὰ ῥῆμα ἀπαγγεῖλαι
word for word, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
phrase, opposed to ὄνομα (a single word), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b)
verse, line, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
subject of speech, matter, Hebraism in [
LXX+NT]
II) Grammars,
verb, opposed to ὄνομα (noun), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:— from the fact that a Verb usually forms
the predicate [
Refs 4th c.BC+] is applied to an
adjective when used as a predicate, [
Refs]