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Greek · G4487, G4102

ῥῆμα τῆς πίστεως

Declaration · faith

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ῥῆμα G4487 declaration
Pronunciation rhēma
A spoken word or statement, often divinely authoritative; contrasts with ὄνομα (single name).
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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What does ῥῆμα τῆς πίστεως (rhēma tēs pisteōs) mean in the Bible?

ῥῆμα · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever".

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What does ῥῆμα · πίστις mean in the Bible?

ῥῆμα · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4487, G4102?

G4487, G4102 is connected to 67 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever

Strong's G4487, G4102
Lexical occurrences 67 verses Word forms 8 forms 67 references

Source Gloss

an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.

Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 67 Case pattern Accusative (33) Number pattern Plural (34)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 18:16 · Luke 1:37 · Luke 3:2 · Luke 18:34 · Rom 10:8 · 2 Cor 13:1 · Eph 6:17 · 1 Pet 1:25 10×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Luke 1:65 · Luke 24:11 · John 6:63 · John 10:21 · John 15:7 · Rom 10:18 6×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:75 · Luke 2:17 · Luke 9:45 · Luke 20:26 · Acts 11:16 · Rom 10:17 6×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 24:8 · John 12:47 · Acts 5:32 · Heb 12:19 · 2 Pet 3:2 · Jude 1:17 6×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 4:4 · Luke 5:5 · Eph 5:26 · Heb 1:3 · Heb 11:3 5×
Dative · Plural · Neuter John 5:47 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Luke 2:19 · Luke 2:51 · Luke 7:1 · John 3:34 · John 6:68 · John 8:20 · John 8:47 · John 12:48 · John 14:10 · John 17:8 · Acts 2:14 · Acts 5:20 · Acts 6:11 · Acts 6:13 · Acts 10:22 · Acts 10:44 21×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:36 · Matt 27:14 · Mark 9:32 · Mark 14:72 · Luke 1:38 · Luke 2:15 · Luke 2:29 · Luke 2:50 · Luke 9:45 · Acts 10:37 · Acts 28:25 · Heb 6:5 12×
67 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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