Word

Ῥωμαῖος

Rhōmaîos · G4514 · Greek · 12 occurrences

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Place

Romefirst named in Acts 2:109 verses

Meanings

a Roman

(Derivative of Ρώμη ‘Rome,’) A person who lives in or is a native of Rome or a citizen of the Roman Empire

Examples
John 11:48 “If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our place and our nation.”
Acts 2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Acts 16:21 and they are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are Romans.”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔρχομαιto come 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
σύyou 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

χείρhand 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Semantic domains 1 entry

A Roman93.562: The proper adjective/noun identifies a citizen of Rome. Paul asserts his legal status when facing an illegal beating: “men who are Romans” (Acts 16:37).

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ῥώννυμι rhṓnnymi · G4517 · to fare well, goodbye · 1×ῬωμαῖοςRhōmaîos · G4514Ῥώμη Rhṓmē · G4516 · strength; Roma, the capital of Italy · 8×ἄῤῥωστος árrhōstos · G732 · to be sick, sick, ill · 5×Ῥωμαϊστί Rhōmaïstí · G4515 · in Latin · 1×Ῥωμαϊκός Rhōmaïkós · G4513 · Romaic, i.e. Latin · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon Ρ᾽ωμαιου, ὁ, a Roman: Jn 11:48; Acts 2:10 (R. V. here from Rome); Acts 16:21, Acts 16:37;…

Ρ᾽ωμαιου, ὁ, a Roman: Jn 11:48; Acts 2:10 (R. V. here from Rome); Acts 16:21, Acts 16:37; Acts 22:25-27, Acts 22:29; Acts 23:27; Acts 25:16; Acts 28:17. ((Polybius, Josephus, others); often in 1 and 2 Macc.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Places12 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0