ῥίζα

Noun

rhiza · root

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 4491

Lexical summary

17

NT occurrences

4

Observed forms

About this Greek word

A root of a tree, Mt. 3:10; 13:6; met. ἔχειν ῥίζαν, or ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, to be rooted in faith, Mt. 13:21; Mk. 4:17; Lk. 8:13; met. cause, source, origin, 1 Tim. 6:10; Heb. 12:15; by synec. the trunk, stock of a tree, met. Rom. 11:16, 17, 18; met. offspring, progeny, a descendant, Rom. 15:12; Rev. 5:5; 22:16

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Romans 11:16
Genitive
Romans 11:17
Dative——
Accusative
Matthew 3:10
Vocative——
PluralNominative——
Genitive
Mark 11:20
Dative——
Accusative——
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

ῥίζα

Book distribution counts: Romans: 5 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; Luke: 2 occurrences; Revelation: 2 occurrences; Hebrews: 1 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 1 occurrences

Author

ῥίζα
  • Paul6
  • Mark3
  • Matthew3
  • John2
  • Luke2
  • Hebrews1

Author distribution counts: Paul: 6 occurrences; Mark: 3 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; John: 2 occurrences; Luke: 2 occurrences; Hebrews: 1 occurrences