Strong's Lexicon
G4506 — ῥύομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4506 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ῥύομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of an obsolete verb, akin to G4482 (through the idea of a current) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 17 |
| Transliteration: | rhuomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | rhoo'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e. rescue |
| KJV Renderings: | deliver(-er) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤύομαι; future ῤύσομαι; 1 aorist ἐρρυσάμην G (ἐρρυσάμην R, so T in 2Co 1:10; 2Pe 2:7; L everywhere except in 2Ti 3:11 text) and ἐρυσαμην (so Tr WH everywhere, T in Col 1:13; 2Ti 3:11; L text in 2Ti 3:11); a deponent middle verb, in later Greek with the 1 aorist passive ἐρρύσθην G (ἐρρύσθην R), and (so L T Tr WH in 2Ti 4:17) ἐρυσθην; (on the doubling of rho ῥ, and the breathing, see in Rho); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for äÄöÄÌéì; also for âÈÌàÇì, ôÄÌìÅÌè (to cause to escape, to deliver), çÈìÇõ (to draw out), îÄìÅÌè, äåùÄÑéòÇ , etc.; from Ρ᾽ΥΩ to draw, hence, properly, to draft, to oneself, to rescue, to deliver: τινα, Mat 27:43; 2Pe 2:7; τινα ἀπό τίνος (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 30, 6 a.), Mat 6:13; Luk 11:4 R L; 1Th 1:10 (here T Tr WH ἐκ; 2Ti 4:18); 1 aorist passive, Rom 15:31; 2Th 3:2; τινα ἐκ τίνος (Winer’s Grammar, as above): Rom 7:24 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 41 a. 5); 2Co 1:10; Col 1:13; 2Ti 3:11; 2Pe 2:9; 2Pe 1:1-21 aorist passive, Luk 1:74; 2Ti 4:17; ὁ ῤυόμενος, the deliverer, Rom 11:26 (after Isa 59:20).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ῥύομαι (deliver(-er))
Matthew 6:13
- KJV: And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever Amen
- GK: και μη εσενέγκης ημάς εις πειρασμόν αλλά ρύσαι ημάς από του πονηρού ότι σου εστιν η βασιλεία και η δύναμις και η δόξα εις τους αιώνας αμήν
Matthew 27:43
- KJV: He trusted in God let him deliver him now if he will have him for he said I am the Son of God
- GK: πέποιθεν επί τον θεόν ρυσάσθω νυν αυτόν ει θέλει αυτόν είπε γαρ ότι θεού ειμι υιός
Luke 1:74
- KJV: That he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our might serve him without fear
- GK: αφόβως εκ χειρός των εχθρών ημών ρυσθέντας λατρεύειν αυτώ
Luke 11:4
- KJV: And forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
- GK: και άφες ημίν τας αμαρτίας ημών και γαρ αυτοί αφίεμεν παντί οφείλοντι ημίν και μη εισενέγκης ημάς εις πειρασμόν αλλά ρύσαι ημάς από του πονηρού
Romans 7:24
- KJV: O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death
- GK: ταλαίπωρος εγώ άνθρωπος τις με ρύσεται εκ του σώματος του θανάτου τούτου
Romans 11:26
- KJV: And so all Israel shall be saved as it is written There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob
- GK: και ούτω πας Ισραήλ σωθήσεται καθώς γέγραπται ήξει εκ Σιών ο ρυόμενος και αποστρέψει ασεβείας από Ιακώβ
Romans 15:31
- KJV: That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea and that my service which for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints
- GK: ίνα ρυσθώ από των απειθούντων εν τη Ιουδαία και ίνα η διακονία μου η εις Ιερουσαλήμ ευπρόσδεκτος γένηται τοις αγίοις
2 Corinthians 1:10
- KJV: Who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver
- GK: ος εκ τηλικούτου θανάτου ερρύσατο ημάς και ρύεται εις ον ηλπίκαμεν ότι και έτι ρύσεται
Colossians 1:13
- KJV: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated into the kingdom of his dear Son
- GK: ος ερρύσατο ημάς εκ της εξουσίας του σκότους και μετέστησεν εις την βασιλείαν του υιού της αγάπης αυτού
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