ῥίζα

ῥίζα, -ης, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַשׁ ;]

a root: Matt 3,10, Luk 3,9; ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Mark 11,20 ῥ. ἔχειν, Matt 13,6, Mark 4,6; id. before ἐν ἑαυτῷ, figuratively, Matt 13,21, Mark 4,17, Luk 8,13. Metaphorical (as in various senses in cl.), of cause, origin, source, etc.;

(a) of things, ῥ. πάντων τ. κακῶν (Eur.), 1 Tim 6,10

(b) of persons: of ancestors, Rom 11,16-18; ῥ. πικρίας, Hebr 12,15, Of that which springs from a root, a shoot; metaphorically, of offspring, Rom 15,12 (LXX) Åb 5,5; 22,16.†