Word Study · Strong's G4487 · Greek
ῥῆμα
rhema
hray'-mah
Strong's 1890 spelling: rhēma
“an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever
Rendered in the KJV as
+ evil, + nothing, saying, word.
- 68occurrencesin the New Testament
- 12 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 68 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- ῥήματα24
- ῥῆμα15
- ῥήματος7
- ῥημάτων5
- ῥῆμά3
- ῥήματά3
- ῥήματι3
- ῥῆμα.2
- ῥῆμα,1
- ῥῆμα.¶1
- ῥήμασιν1
- ῥήματί1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- declaration30
- declarations29
- declaration.3
- [the] declaration1
- by declaration1
- declarations —1
- of declaration1
- the declaration1
- word1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural21
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular12
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular10
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular7
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural6
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural6
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular5
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-APN · 21
- N-ASN · 12
- N-NSN · 10
- N-GSN · 7
- N-GPN · 6
- N-NPN · 6
- N-DSN · 5
- N-DPN · 1
All 68, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew5 occurrences
- Matthew 4:4ῥήματιrhēmatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularBut Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”here: declaration
- Matthew 12:36ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBut I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.here: declaration
- Matthew 18:16ῥῆμα.rhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularBut if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’here: declaration.
- Matthew 26:75ῥήματοςrhēmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThen Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.here: declaration
- Matthew 27:14ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBut Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.here: word
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 9:32ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBut they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.here: declaration
- Mark 14:72ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.here: declaration
Luke19 occurrences
- Luke 1:37ῥῆμα.¶rhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularFor no word from God will ever fail.”here: declaration.
- Luke 1:38ῥῆμάrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singular“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.here: declaration
- Luke 1:65ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralAll their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.here: declarations
- Luke 2:15ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularWhen the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”here: declaration
- Luke 2:17ῥήματοςrhēmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAfter they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.here: declaration
- Luke 2:19ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralBut Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.here: declarations
- Luke 2:29ῥῆμάrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singular“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.here: declaration
- Luke 2:50ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBut they did not understand the statement He was making to them.here: declaration
- Luke 2:51ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThen He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.here: declaration
- Luke 3:2ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularduring the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.here: [the] declaration
- Luke 5:5ῥήματίrhēmatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”here: declaration
- Luke 7:1ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralWhen Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.here: declarations
- Luke 9:45ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBut they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.here: declaration
- Luke 9:45ῥήματοςrhēmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularBut they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.here: declaration
- Luke 18:34ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularBut the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.here: declaration
- Luke 20:26ῥήματοςrhēmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.here: declaration
- Luke 22:61ῥήματοςrhēmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”here: declaration
- Luke 24:8ῥημάτωνrhēmatōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThen they remembered His words.here: declarations
- Luke 24:11ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralBut their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.here: declarations
John12 occurrences
- John 3:34ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralFor the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.here: declarations
- John 5:47ῥήμασινrhēmasinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralBut since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”here: declarations
- John 6:63ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralThe Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.here: declarations
- John 6:68ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralSimon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.here: declarations
- John 8:20ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralHe spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.here: declarations
- John 8:47ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralWhoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”here: declarations
- John 10:21ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralBut others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”here: declarations
- John 12:47ῥημάτωνrhēmatōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAs for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.here: declarations
- John 12:48ῥήματάrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThere is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.here: declarations
- John 14:10ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralDo you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.here: declarations
- John 15:7ῥήματάrhēmatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralIf you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.here: declarations
- John 17:8ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralFor I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.here: declarations
Acts14 occurrences
- Acts 2:14ῥήματάrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThen Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.here: declarations
- Acts 5:20ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter plural“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”here: declarations
- Acts 5:32ῥημάτωνrhēmatōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralWe are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”here: declarations
- Acts 6:11ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThen they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”here: declarations
- Acts 6:13ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralwhere they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.here: declarations
- Acts 10:22ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter plural“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”here: declaration
- Acts 10:37ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularYou yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:here: declaration
- Acts 10:44ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralWhile Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.here: declarations
- Acts 11:14ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralHe will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’here: declarations
- Acts 11:16ῥήματοςrhēmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThen I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’here: declaration
- Acts 13:42ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAs Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.here: declarations
- Acts 16:38ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralSo the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.here: declarations
- Acts 26:25ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralBut Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.here: declarations
- Acts 28:25ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThey disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:here: declaration
Romans4 occurrences
- Romans 10:8ῥῆμάrhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularBut what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:here: declaration
- Romans 10:8ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularBut what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:here: declaration
- Romans 10:17ῥήματοςrhēmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularConsequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.here: declaration
- Romans 10:18ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralBut I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”here: declarations
2 Corinthians2 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 12:4ῥήματαrhēmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralwas caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.here: declaration
- 2 Corinthians 13:1ῥῆμα.rhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularThis is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”here: declaration.
Ephesians2 occurrences
- Ephesians 5:26ῥήματι,rhēmatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularto sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,here: declaration
- Ephesians 6:17ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularAnd take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.here: declaration
Hebrews4 occurrences
- Hebrews 1:3ῥήματιrhēmatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularThe Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.here: declaration
- Hebrews 6:5ῥῆμα,rhēmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularwho have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—here: declaration
- Hebrews 11:3ῥήματιrhēmatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularBy faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.here: by declaration
- Hebrews 12:19ῥημάτων,rhēmatōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralto a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.here: of declaration
1 Peter2 occurrences
- 1 Peter 1:25ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularbut the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.here: the declaration
- 1 Peter 1:25ῥῆμαrhēmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularbut the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.here: declaration