Word Study · Strong's G4514 · Greek
Ῥωμαῖος
Rhomaios
hro-mah'-yos
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rhōmaîos
“Romæan, i.e. Roman (as noun)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Romæan, i.e. Roman (as noun)
Rendered in the KJV as
Roman, of Rome.
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- Ῥωμαῖός3
- Ῥωμαίοις2
- Ῥωμαῖοι1
- Ῥωμαῖοί1
- Ῥωμαῖοι,1
- Ῥωμαῖον1
- Ῥωμαῖος1
- Ῥωμαίους1
- Ῥωμαίων,1
How it is rendered · 5
- a Roman5
- Romans4
- from Rome,1
- Romans,1
- with Romans1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
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- N-NSM-LG · 4
- N-NPM-LG · 3
- N-DPM-LG · 2
- N-APM-LG · 1
- N-ASM-LG · 1
- N-GPM-LG · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts11 occurrences
- Acts 2:10Ῥωμαῖοι,rhōmaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralPhrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,here: from Rome,
- Acts 16:21Ῥωμαίοιςrhōmaioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralby promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”here: Romans
- Acts 16:37Ῥωμαίουςrhōmaiousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralBut Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”here: Romans
- Acts 16:38Ῥωμαῖοίrhōmaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralSo the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.here: Romans
- Acts 22:25Ῥωμαῖονrhōmaionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularBut as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”here: a Roman
- Acts 22:26Ῥωμαῖόςrhōmaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularOn hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”here: a Roman
- Acts 22:27Ῥωμαῖοςrhōmaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.here: a Roman
- Acts 22:29Ῥωμαῖόςrhōmaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThen those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.here: a Roman
- Acts 23:27Ῥωμαῖόςrhōmaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThis man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,here: a Roman
- Acts 25:16Ῥωμαίοιςrhōmaioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralI told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.here: with Romans
- Acts 28:17Ῥωμαίων,rhōmaiōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAfter three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.here: Romans,