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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ῥύμηG4505
Pronunciationrhýmē
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 Italleys1×Luke 14:21
block1×Acts 12:10
Street1×Acts 9:11
streets1×Matthew 6:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 6:2
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew1Luke1Acts2
Source forms
ῥύμην2xrhymēnActs 9:11, Acts 12:10
ῥύμαις1xrhymaisMatthew 6:2
ῥύμας1xrhymasLuke 14:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xActs 9:11, Acts 12:10
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xLuke 14:21
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural1xMatthew 6:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A narrow street or lane within a town, distinct from broader public roads or squares.
Strong'sG4505
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an alley or avenue (as crowded)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 6:2Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ῥύμαις,rumaiv
a street, lane
Read verseLuke 14:21Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ῥύμαςrumav
a street, lane
Read verseActs 9:11Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ῥύμηνrumhn
a street, lane
Read verseActs 12:10Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ῥύμηνrumhn
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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · FeminineMatt 6:21×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 9:11 · Acts 12:102×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineLuke 14:211×
Word Origins
ῥύμη is built from this root: