ῥῆμα

ῤήματος, τό (from Ρ᾽ΑΩ, perfect passive ἐίρημαι), from Theognis, Herodotus, Pindar down; the Sept. chiefly for דָּבָר; also for אֹמֶר, מִלָּה, פֶּה, אִמְרָה, etc.;
1. properly, that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word (cf. ἔπος, also λόγος, I. 1); i. e.
a. any sound produced by the voice and having a definite meaning: Mt 27:14; ῤῆμα γλώσσης, Sir. 4:24; φωνή ῤημάτων, a sound of words, Heb 12:19; ῤήματα ἄρρητα (unspeakable words), 2 Cor 12:4.
b. Plural, τά ῤήματα, speech, discourse (because it consists of words either few or many (cf. Philo, leg. alleg. 3, 61 τό δέ ῤῆμα μέρος λόγου)): Lk 7:1; Acts 2:14; words, sayings, Jn 8:20; Jn 10:21; Acts (); ; τῶν ῤημάτων τίνος, what one has said, Lk 24:8, Lk 24:11, or taught, Rom 10:18; τοῖς ἐμοῖς ῥηματοις, my teachings, Jn 5:47; Jn 12:47; Jn 15:7; τά ῥημαψα ἅ ἐγώ λελάληκα, Jn 6:63; Jn 14:10; (ἀληθείας καί σωφροσύνης ῤήματα ἀποφθέγγομαι, Acts 26:25); ῤήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις, thy teaching begets eternal life, Jn 6:68; τά ῤήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, utterances in which God through someone declares his mind, Jn 8:47; λαλεῖ τίς τά ῤήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, speaks what God bids him, Jn 3:34; λαλεῖν πάντα τά ῤήματα τῆς ζωῆς ταύτης, to deliver the whole doctrine concerning this life, i. e. the life eternal, Acts 5:20; τά ῤήματα ἅ ἔδωκας μοι, what thou hast bidden me to speak, Jn 17:8; ῤήματα λαλεῖν πρός τινα, ἐν οἷς etc. to teach one the things by which etc. Acts 11:14; τά ῤήματα τά προειρημενα ὑπό τίνος, what one has foretold, 2 Pet 3:2; Jude 1:17; λαλεῖν ῤήματα βλάσφημα εἰς τινα, to speak abusively in reference to one (see εἰς, B. II. 2 c. β.), Acts 6:11; κατά τίνος, against a thing, Acts 6:13 (G L T Tr WH omit βλάσφημα).
c. a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one's mind made in words); α. universally, an utterance, declaration (German eine Aeusserung).: Mt 26:75; Mk 9:32; Mk 14:72; Lk 2:50; Lk 9:45; Lk 18:34; Lk 20:26; Acts 11:16; Acts 28:25; with adjectives, ῤῆμα ἀργόν, Mt 12:36; εἰπεῖν πονηρόν ῤῆμα κατά τίνος, to assail one with abuse, Mt 5:11 (R G; others omit ῤῆμα). β. a saying of any sort, as a message, a narrative: concerning some occurrence, λαλεῖν τό ῤῆμα περί τίνος, Lk 2:17; ῤῆμα τῆς πίστεως, the word of faith, i. e. concerning the necessity of putting faith in Christ, Rom 10:8; a promise, Lk 1:38; Lk 2:29; καλόν Θεοῦ ῤῆμα, God's gracious, comforting promise (of salvation), Heb 6:5 (see καλός, c.); καθαρίσας... ἐν ῤήματι, according to promise (properly, on the ground of his word of promise, viz. the promise of the pardon of sins; cf. Mk 16:16), Eph 5:26 (others take ῤήματι here as equivalent to 'the gospel,' cf. Eph 6:17, Rom 10:8; (see Meyer at the passage)); the word by which something is commanded, directed, enjoined: Mt 4:4 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 389 (364) n.); Lk 4:4 R G L Tr in brackets; Heb 11:3; a command, Lk 5:5; ἐγένετο ῤῆμα Θεοῦ ἐπί τινα, Lk 3:2 (Jer 1:1; πρός τινα, Gen 15:1; 1 Kgs 18:1); plural ῤήματα παρά σου, words from thee, i. e. to be spoken by time, Acts 10:22; ῤῆμα τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, his omnipotent command, Heb 1:3. doctrine, instruction (cf. Winer's Grammar, 123 (117)): (τό) ῤῆμα (τοῦ) Θεοῦ, divine instruction by the preachers of the gospel, Rom 10:17 (R G; but L T Tr WH ῤήματος Χριστοῦ; others give ῤήματος here the sense of command, commission; (cf. Meyer)); saving truth which has God for its author, Eph 6:17; also τοῦ κυρίου, 1 Pet 1:25; words of prophecy, prophetic announcement, τά ῤήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev 17:17, Rec. (others, οἱ λόγοι τοῦ Θεοῦ).
2. In imitation of the Hebrew דָּבָר, the subject matter of speech, thing spoken of, thing; and that a. so far forth as it is a matter of narration: Lk 2:15; Acts 10:37; plural, Lk 1:65; Lk 2:19, Lk 2:51; Acts 5:32; Acts 13:42.
b. in so far as it is matter of command: Lk 1:37 (see ἀδυνατέω, b.) (Gen 18:14; Deut 17:8).
c. a matter of dispute, case at law: Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1 (A. V. retains 'word' here and in the preceding passage) (Deut 19:15).