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ῥῆμα rhēma

“declaration” · 68 times in the New Testament

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  • “words” 36
  • “message” 6
  • “statement” 4
  • “things” 4
  • “matter” 2
  • other ways 16
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew5
Mark2
Luke19
John12
Acts14
Romans4
2 Corinthians2
Ephesians2
Hebrews4
1 Peter2
2 Peter1
Jude1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. words36
  2. message6
  3. statement4
  4. things4
  5. foretold2
  6. matter2
  7. charge1
  8. discourse1
  9. events1
  10. god’s command1
  11. inexpressible1
  12. it1
  13. 8 other ways8

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“words” 36

  • Matthew 2

    • 4:4 …alone but on every word that comes from the…
    • 12:36 …judgment for every careless word they have spoken…

  • Mark 1

    • 14:72 …Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken…

  • Luke 7

    • 1:37 …For no word from God will ever…
    • 1:38 …me according to your word Then the angel left…
    • 3:2 …of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to…
    • 20:26 …trap Him in His words before the people And…
    • 22:61 …Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had…
    • 24:8 …Then they remembered His words
    • 24:11 …But their words seemed like nonsense to…

  • John 11

    • 3:34 …has sent speaks the words of God for God…
    • 6:63 …flesh profits nothing The words I have spoken to…
    • 6:68 …we go You have the words of eternal life…
    • 8:20 …He spoke these words while teaching in the…
    • 8:47 …to God hears the words of God The reason…
    • 10:21 …These are not the words of a man possessed…
    • 12:47 …anyone who hears My words and does not keep…
    • 12:48 …does not receive My words The word that I…
    • 14:10 …is in Me The words I say to you…
    • 15:7 …in Me and My words remain in you ask…
    • 17:8 …have given them the words You gave Me and…

  • Acts 5

    • 2:14 …listen carefully to my words
    • 6:11 …We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses…
    • 10:44 …was still speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell…
    • 11:16 …Then I remembered the word of the Lord how…
    • 26:25 …Festus I am speaking words of truth and sobriety…

  • Romans 4

    • 10:8 …does it say The word is near you it…
    • 10:8 …heart that is the word of faith we are…
    • 10:17 …hearing and hearing by the word of Christ…
    • 10:18 …all the earth their words to the ends of…

  • Ephesians 2

    • 5:26 …washing with water through the word
    • 6:17 …the Spirit which is the word of God…

  • Hebrews 2

    • 1:3 …things by His powerful word He had provided purification…
    • 6:5 …have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the…

  • 1 Peter 2

    • 1:25 …but the word of the Lord stands…
    • 1:25 …And this is the word that was proclaimed to…
“message” 6

  • Luke 1

    • 2:17 …Child they spread the message they had received about…

  • Acts 5

    • 5:20 …the people the full message of this new life…
    • 10:22 …so he could hear a message from you…
    • 11:14 …will convey to you a message by which you and…
    • 13:42 …them to continue this message on the next Sabbath…
    • 16:38 …the officers relayed this message to the magistrates who…
“statement” 4

  • Mark 1

    • 9:32 …did not understand this statement and they were afraid…

  • Luke 2

    • 2:50 …did not understand the statement He was making to…
    • 9:45 …did not understand this statement It was veiled from…

  • Acts 1

    • 28:25 …had made this final statement The Holy Spirit was…
“things” 4

  • Luke 3

    • 2:15 …Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened which…
    • 2:19 …treasured up all these things and pondered them in…
    • 2:51 …mother treasured up all things in her heart…

  • Acts 1

    • 5:32 …are witnesses of these things and so is the…
“matter” 2

  • Matthew 1

    • 18:16 …along so that every matter may be established by…

  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 13:1 …coming to you Every matter must be established by…
“foretold” 2

  • 2 Peter 1

    • 3:2 …by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets…

  • Jude 1

    • 1:17 …you beloved remember what was foretold by the apostles of…
“word that” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 26:75 …Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken Before…
“charge” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 27:14 …even to a single charge much to the governor’s…
“events” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 1:65 …were talking about these events
“promised” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 2:29 …Sovereign Lord as You have promised You now dismiss Your…
“say so” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 5:5 …anything But because You say so I will let down…
“discourse” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 7:1 …Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of…
“it” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 9:45 …to ask Him about it
“meaning” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 18:34 …of these things The meaning was hidden from them…
“say” 1

  • John 1

    • 5:47 …you believe what I say
“speaking” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 6:13 …This man never stops speaking against this holy place…
“what has happened” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 10:37 …You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea beginning in…
“inexpressible” 1

  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 12:4 …The things he heard were inexpressible things that man is…
“god’s command” 1

  • Hebrews 1

    • 11:3 …the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is…
“voice” 1

  • Hebrews 1

    • 12:19 …a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.