ῥῆμα, -τος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for פֶּה, and Aram. פִּתְגָּם, etc.;]
1. prop., of that which is said or spoken,
(a) a word: Mt 27:14, II Co 12:4; pl., τὰ ῥ., of speech, discourse, Lk 7:1, Jo 8:20, Ac 2:14, Ro 10:18, II Pe 3:2, al.;
(b) opp. to ὄνομα (a single word), a saying, statement, word of prophecy, instruction or command (in cl., phrase): Mt 26:75, Mk 9:32, Lk 1:382:50, Ac 11:16, Ro 10:8, He 11:3; ῥ. θεοῦ (κυρίου), Lk 3:2, Ac 11:16, Eph 6:17, He 6:511:3, I Pe 1:25(LXX); τὰ ῥ. τ. θεοῦ, Jo 3:348:47; ῥ. ἀργόν, Mt 12:36;ῥ. ἄρρητα, II Co 12:4.
2. Like Heb.דָּבָר (but perh. also a Gk. colloquialism, v. Kennedy, Sources, 124; Thackeray, Gr., 41), of that which is the subject of speech, a thing, matter (Ge 15:1, De 17:8, al.): Lk 1:372:15, Ac 10:37; pl., Lk 1:652:19, 51, Ac 5:3213:42