What does Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē) mean in the Bible?
Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē) is a Greek word meaning "strength; Roma, the capital of Italy".
Greek · G4516
Ῥώμη
Strength; Roma, the capital of Italy
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ῬώμηG4516
PronunciationRhṓmē
What does Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē) mean in the Bible?
Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē) is a Greek word meaning "strength; Roma, the capital of Italy".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4516?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Rome (8).
Where does Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (5), Romans (2), 2 Timothy (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 ItRome8×Acts 18:2, Acts 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 28:14
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Acts 18:2ῬώμηςtoRomeNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularActs 19:21ῬώμηνtoRomeNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 23:11ῬώμηνtoRomeNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 28:14ῬώμηνtoRomeNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 28:16ῬώμηνtoRomeNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularRomans 1:7ῬώμῃtoRomeNoun - Dative Feminine SingularRomans 1:15ῬώμῃtoRomeNoun - Dative Feminine Singular2 Timothy 1:17ῬώμῃtoRomeNoun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 18:2
Aligned rows8
Books represented3
Acts5Romans22 Timothy1
Source forms
Ῥώμην4xRhōmēnActs 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 28:14, Acts 28:16
Ῥώμῃ3xRhōmēRomans 1:7, Romans 1:15, 2 Timothy 1:17
Ῥώμης1xRhōmēsActs 18:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular4xActs 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 28:14, Acts 28:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular3xRomans 1:7, Romans 1:15, 2 Timothy 1:17
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 18:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. strength; Roma, the capital of Italy
Strong'sG4516
Lexical occurrences8 versesGreek text appearances8 timesWord forms3 forms8 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
strength; Roma, the capital of Italy
Extended definition
:--Rome.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:2Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ῥώμης,rwmhv
Rome
Read verseActs 19:21Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμηνrwmhn
Rome
Read verseActs 23:11Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμηνrwmhn
Rome
Read verseActs 28:14Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμηνrwmhn
Rome
Read verseActs 28:16Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμην,rwmhn
Rome
Read verseRomans 1:7Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμῃrwmh
Rome
Read verseRomans 1:15Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμῃrwmh
Rome
Read verse2 Timothy 1:17Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμῃ,rwmh
Rome
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 forms8Case patternAccusative (4)Number patternSingular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 18:21×
Dative · Singular · FeminineRom 1:7 · Rom 1:15 · 2 Tim 1:173×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 19:21 · Acts 23:11 · Acts 28:14 · Acts 28:164×
Word Origins
Ῥώμη is built from this root: