Greek noun (feminine) · G4491
ῥίζα
rhizahrid'-zah
root
17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rhíza
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4491is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4491
a "root" (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: root.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
rhiza is rendered "root". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 3:10ῥίζαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's seventeen uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- root14
- a root2
- roots1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ῥίζαν8
- ῥίζα7
- ῥίζης1
- ῥιζῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular8N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular7N-NSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1N-GPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Matthew
three uses
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: root
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: root
But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: root
Mark
three uses
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: root
But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: root
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
- ῥιζῶνrhizonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: roots
Luke
two uses
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: root
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a root
Romans
five uses
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
- ῥίζαrhizanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: root
Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
- ῥίζηςrhizesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: root
do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
- ῥίζανrhizannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: root
- ῥίζαrhizanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: root
And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
- ῥίζαrhizanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: root
1 Timothy
one use
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- ῥίζαrhizanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: A root
Hebrews
one use
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
- ῥίζαrhizanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: root
Revelation
two uses
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- ῥίζαrhizanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: root
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- ῥίζαrhizanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: root
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.