ῥώννυμι
rhṓnnymi · G4517 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to fare well
(Derivative of a base meaning literally ‘to be strong,’ ‘to be well,’ but used in the NT only as a formula for the ending of letters) To be well and to fare well
ExamplesActs 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from acts of sexual immorality; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”
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goodbye
To end a letter by means of the expression ἔρρωσθε (ἐρρώσσω in some manuscripts), always having a favorable connotation
ExamplesActs 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from acts of sexual immorality; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ὑγιαίνω hygiaínō · G5198 · to be well, to be healthy, to be correct
- Greek verb meaning 'to be healthy, sound' shares the core semantic field of health/wellness with ῥώννυμι and could substitute in the idiomatic farewell sense of 'be well'
- χαίρω chaírō · G5463 · to rejoice, to be glad, hail
- Greek verb used idiomatically as both greeting and farewell ('rejoice, hail, farewell') parallels the idiomatic farewell use of ῥώννυμι, though χαίρω emphasizes joy rather than health
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀσθενέω asthenéō · G770 · to be weak, to be unable to, to be limited in
- Greek verb meaning 'to be weak, sick' is the direct lexical opposite of ῥώννυμι's sense 'to strengthen, have health'
In the other Testament 2 words
- חָזַק châzaq · H2388 · to be strong, to prevail, to overcome
- Hebrew verb for 'to strengthen, be strong' is the standard translation equivalent for the core sense of ῥώννυμι as 'to strengthen,' though ῥώννυμι occurs only once in NT in an idiomatic farewell formula
- שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm · H7965 · completely, wholly, peace
- Hebrew noun for 'peace, welfare, health' serves as the standard Hebrew farewell formula (as in 'go in peace') corresponding to the Greek idiomatic use of ῥώννυμι in farewell contexts ('be well, goodbye')
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To fare well23.133
- The verb, used in its passive form as a conventional letter closing, wishes the recipient good health and wellbeing. The Jerusalem council's letter closes, “you will do well. Farewell” (Acts 15:29).
- Goodbye33.24
- The same word, in the same closing formula, also functions as a fixed discourse marker of farewell rather than a literal wish for health. The Jerusalem council's letter to the Gentile believers ends, “you will do well. Farewell” (Acts 15:29).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : to make strong, to strengthen; perfect passive ἔρρωμαι (see Rho), to be strong, to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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