ῥῆμα

ῥῆμα, -τος, τό

[in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for פֶּה, and Aram. פִּתְגָּם, etc. ;]

1. prop., of that which is said or spoken,

(a) a word: Matt 27,14, 2 Kor 12,4; pl., τὰ ῥ., of speech, discourse, Luk 7,1, Joh 8,20, ApG 2,14, Rom 10,18, 2 Pet 3,2, al.;

(b) opposite to ὄνομα (a single word), a saying, statement, word of prophecy, instruction or command (in cl., phrase): Matt 26,75, Mark 9,32, Luk 1,38; 2,50, ApG 11,16, Rom 10,8, Hebr 11,3; ῥ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Luk 3,2, ApG 11,16, Ef 6,17, Hebr 6,5; 11,3, 1 Pet 1,25" (LXX) ; τὰ ῥ. τ. θεοῦ, Joh 3,34; 8,47; ῥ. ἀργόν, Matt 12,36ῥ. ἄρρητα, 2 Kor 12,4,

2. Like Heb. דָּבָר (but perh. also a Gk. colloquialism, see Kennedy, Sources, 124; Thackeray, Gr., 41), of that which is the subject of speech, a thing, matter (1 Mos 15,1, 5 Mos 17,8, al.): Luk 1,37; 2,15, ApG 10,37; pl., Luk 1,65; 2,19, 51, ApG 5,32; 13,42