What does ῥίζα · Δαβίδ mean in the Bible?
ῥίζα · Δαβίδ is a Greek phrase meaning "Davidic messianic title".
Greek · G4491, G1138
ἡ ῥίζα Δαυίδ
A "root" (literally or figuratively) · Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
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ῥίζα G4491 a "root" (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation rhíza
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Δαβίδ G1138 Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
Pronunciation Dabíd
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What does ἡ ῥίζα Δαυίδ (hē rhiza Dauid) mean in the Bible?
ῥίζα · Δαβίδ is a Greek phrase meaning "Davidic messianic title".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4491, G1138?
G4491, G1138 is connected to 17 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Davidic messianic title
Source Gloss
Davidic messianic title
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 17 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Singular (16)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 11:16 · Rom 11:18 · Rom 15:12 · 1 Tim 6:10 · Heb 12:15 · Rev 5:5 · Rev 22:16 7×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Mark 11:20 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 11:17 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:10 · Matt 13:6 · Matt 13:21 · Mark 4:6 · Mark 4:17 · Luke 3:9 · Luke 8:13 · Rom 11:18 8×
Word Origins
ἡ ῥίζα Δαυίδ is a primary word - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain