ῥῆμα (rema)

Where it lives

De Interpretatione 23 · 36.97/10k
Job 49 · 36.74/10k
Regnorum I 47 · 25.39/10k
Deuteronomium 54 · 24.16/10k
Regnorum III 46 · 24.07/10k
Judith 20 · 22.82/10k
Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
Regnorum II 30 · 18.54/10k
1 Peter 3 · 17.4/10k
Genesis 47 · 15.64/10k
Exodus 32 · 13.52/10k
Esdras II 16 · 13.48/10k

Densest 12 of 88 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

that which is said, spoken, word, saying, words, word, the word, in so many words, word for word

that which is said or spoken, word, saying, Archil. 50, Thgn. 1152, Simon. 37.14, 92 (where perh. it = ῥήτρα II.2), Pi. (v. infr.), etc.; in Prose first in Hdt. (s.v.l.), ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥ. 7.162; τὰ λεγόμενά τινων [ῥήματα] 8.83; τοῦ Πιττακοῦ . . περιεφέρετο τοῦτο τὸ ῥ. Pl. Prt. 343b; τὸ δόγμα τε καὶ ῥ. Id. R. 464a; opp. ἔργματα, Pi. N. 4.6; opp. ἔργον, Th. 5.111; opp. τὸ ἀληθές, Pl. Phd. 102b: prov., ῥήματα ἀντʼ ἀλφίτων ‘fine words butter no parsnips’, ap. Suid.; ῥήματα πλέκων Pi. N. 4.94; ῥήματα θη

2 phrase

phrase, opp. ὄνομα (a single word), Pl. Cra. 399b, Aeschin. 3.72; λέγοντες ἐν μύθοις τε καὶ ἐν ῥήμασιν Pl. Lg. 840c.

b verse, line

verse, line, Ar. Ra. 1379, cf. 97.

3 subject of speech, matter

subject of speech, matter, Hebraism in LXX and NT, Ge. 15.1, 22.1, De. 2.7, Ev.Luc. 1.37, 65, 2.15; cf. ῥητός IV.2.

II verb, the predicate, when used as a predicate

Gramm., verb, opp. ὄνομα (noun), Pl. Sph. 262a sq., Cra. 425a, al., Arist. Po. 1457a14, Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213:— from the fact that a Verb usually forms the predicate (Arist. Int. 16b6), ῥῆμα is applied to an Adj. when used as a predicate, ib. 16a13, 20b1.

In the wild

ῥῆμα · rhēma Aristotle, Ars Poetica 20
ῥημάτων · rhēmatōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 20
ῥημάτων · rhēmatōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 20
ῥήματος · rhēmatos Aristotle, Ars Poetica 20
ῥήματος · rhēmatos Aristotle, Ars Poetica 20
ῥήματα · rhēmata Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 100)

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Where it came from

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