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GreekG4491Noun (Feminine)

ῥίζα

rhiza

16Occurrences
G4491Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a "root" (literally or figuratively)

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a root: ἐκ ῥιζῶν; ῥ. ἔχειν,; ἐν ἑαυτῷ, figuratively. Metaphorical (as in various senses in cl.), of cause, origin, source, etc.; (a) of things, ῥ. πάντων κακῶν; (b) of persons: of ancestors; ῥ. πικρίας. Of that which springs from a root, a shoot; metaphorically, of offspring, (LXX) .
LXX: chiefly for שָׁרַשׁ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ῥίζα appears 16 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
4
Matthew
3
Mark
3
Luke
2
Revelation
2
1 Timothy
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 6:10BSB

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.

Luke 8:13BSB

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.

Matthew 3:10BSB

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.

Mark 4:17BSB

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.

Romans 11:16BSB

If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.