What does ῥύμη (rhýmē) mean in the Bible?
ῥύμη (rhýmē): A narrow street or lane within a town, distinct from broader public roads or squares.
Greek · G4505
ῥύμη
An alley or avenue (as crowded)
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ῥύμη G4505
Pronunciation rhýmē
What does ῥύμη (rhýmē) mean in the Bible?
ῥύμη (rhýmē): A narrow street or lane within a town, distinct from broader public roads or squares.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4505?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include alleys (1), block (1), Street (1), streets (1).
Where does ῥύμη (rhýmē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It alleys 1× Luke 14:21
block 1× Acts 12:10
Street 1× Acts 9:11
streets 1× Matthew 6:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:2
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Acts 2
Source forms
ῥύμην 2x rhymēn Acts 9:11, Acts 12:10
ῥύμαις 1x rhymais Matthew 6:2
ῥύμας 1x rhymas Luke 14:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Acts 9:11, Acts 12:10
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 14:21
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Matthew 6:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A narrow street or lane within a town, distinct from broader public roads or squares.
Strong's G4505
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
an alley or avenue (as crowded)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:2 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ῥύμαις, rumaiv
a street, lane
Read verse Luke 14:21 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ῥύμας rumav
a street, lane
Read verse Acts 9:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ῥύμην rumhn
a street, lane
Read verse Acts 12:10 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ῥύμην rumhn
a street, lane
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 6:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 9:11 · Acts 12:10 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 14:21 1×
Word Origins
ῥύμη is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain