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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Ῥώμη G4516
Pronunciation Rhṓmē
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 It Rome 8× Acts 18:2, Acts 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 28:14
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 18:2 Ῥώμης to Rome Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 19:21 Ῥώμην to Rome Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 23:11 Ῥώμην to Rome Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 28:14 Ῥώμην to Rome Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 28:16 Ῥώμην to Rome Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Romans 1:7 Ῥώμῃ to Rome Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Romans 1:15 Ῥώμῃ to Rome Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2 Timothy 1:17 Ῥώμῃ to Rome Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 18:2
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 3
Acts 5 Romans 2 2 Timothy 1
Source forms
Ῥώμην 4x Rhōmēn Acts 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 28:14, Acts 28:16
Ῥώμῃ 3x Rhōmē Romans 1:7, Romans 1:15, 2 Timothy 1:17
Ῥώμης 1x Rhōmēs Acts 18:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 4x Acts 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 28:14, Acts 28:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 3x Romans 1:7, Romans 1:15, 2 Timothy 1:17
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 18:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. strength; Roma, the capital of Italy
Strong's G4516
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 3 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
strength; Roma, the capital of Italy
Extended definition
:--Rome.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 18:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Ῥώμης, rwmhv
Rome
Read verse Acts 19:21 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμην rwmhn
Rome
Read verse Acts 23:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμην rwmhn
Rome
Read verse Acts 28:14 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμην rwmhn
Rome
Read verse Acts 28:16 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμην, rwmhn
Rome
Read verse Romans 1:7 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμῃ rwmh
Rome
Read verse Romans 1:15 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ῥώμῃ rwmh
Rome
Read verse 2 Timothy 1:17 Noun 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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 18:2 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:7 · Rom 1:15 · 2 Tim 1:17 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 19:21 · Acts 23:11 · Acts 28:14 · Acts 28:16 4×
Word Origins
Ῥώμη 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