What does Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) mean in the Bible?
e. Roman (as noun)".
Greek · G4514
Ῥωμαῖος
Romæan, i.e. Roman (as noun)
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Ῥωμαῖος G4514
Pronunciation Rhōmaîos
What does Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) mean in the Bible?
Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) is a Greek word meaning "Romæan, i.e. Roman (as noun)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4514?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a Roman citizen (3), Romans (3), Roman citizens (2), . . . (1), a Roman citizen {in chains} (1).
Where does Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 11:48. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (11), John (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 a Roman citizen 3× Acts 22:26, Acts 22:27, Acts 23:27
Romans 3× John 11:48, Acts 16:21, Acts 28:17
Roman citizens 2× Acts 16:37, Acts 16:38
. . . 1× Acts 25:16
a Roman citizen {in chains} 1× Acts 22:29
from Rome 1× Acts 2:10
Roman citizen 1× Acts 22:25
Show sample aligned rows
John 11:48 Ῥωμαῖοι to Romans Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 2:10 Ῥωμαῖοι to from Rome Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 16:21 Ῥωμαίοις to Romans Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Acts 16:37 Ῥωμαίους to Roman citizens Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 16:38 Ῥωμαῖοί to Roman citizens Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 22:25 Ῥωμαῖον to Roman citizen Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 22:26 Ῥωμαῖός to a Roman citizen Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 22:27 Ῥωμαῖος to a Roman citizen Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 22:29 Ῥωμαῖός to a Roman citizen {in chains} Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 23:27 Ῥωμαῖός to a Roman citizen Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 11:48
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 2
John 1 Acts 11
Source forms
Ῥωμαῖός 3x Rhōmaios Acts 22:26, Acts 22:29, Acts 23:27
Ῥωμαῖοι 2x Rhōmaioi John 11:48, Acts 2:10
Ῥωμαίοις 2x Rhōmaiois Acts 16:21, Acts 25:16
Ῥωμαῖοί 1x Rhōmaioi Acts 16:38
Ῥωμαῖον 1x Rhōmaion Acts 22:25
Ῥωμαῖος 1x Rhōmaios Acts 22:27
Ῥωμαίους 1x Rhōmaious Acts 16:37
Ῥωμαίων 1x Rhōmaiōn Acts 28:17
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 4x Acts 22:26, Acts 22:27, Acts 22:29, Acts 23:27
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x John 11:48, Acts 2:10, Acts 16:38
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 16:21, Acts 25:16
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 16:37
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 22:25
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 28:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Romæan, i.e. Roman (as noun)
Strong's G4514
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 6 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 16:35-40 Source Gloss
Romæan, i.e. Roman (as noun)
Extended definition
:--Roman, of Rome.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 11:48 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
Ῥωμαῖοι rwmaioi
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 2:10 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
Ῥωμαῖοι, rwmaioi
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 16:21 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
Ῥωμαίοις rwmaioiv
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 16:37 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
Ῥωμαίους rwmaiouv
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 16:38 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
Ῥωμαῖοί rwmaioi
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 22:25 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
Ῥωμαῖον rwmaion
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 22:26 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ῥωμαῖός rwmaiov
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 22:27 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ῥωμαῖος rwmaiov
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 22:29 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ῥωμαῖός rwmaiov
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 23:27 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ῥωμαῖός rwmaiov
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 25:16 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
Ῥωμαίοις rwmaioiv
Roman, a Roman citizen
Read verse Acts 28:17 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
Ῥωμαίων· rwmaiwn
Roman, a Roman citizen
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 6 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 6 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Nominative (7) Number pattern Plural (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 22:26 · Acts 22:27 · Acts 22:29 · Acts 23:27 4×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 11:48 · Acts 2:10 · Acts 16:38 3×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 28:17 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 16:21 · Acts 25:16 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 16:37 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 22:25 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Citizens of Rome.
Showing 1 selected witness from 12 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
Ῥωμαῖος is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Highlights legal rights that protect the mission. Acts 16:35-40
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