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Unlock the significance, meaning, and nuances of words in the New Testament without having to study Hebrew or Greek! The 4-volume New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology examines and discusses the major theological terms of the Bible. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology is a basic enlargement of the German Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament....

G4839 (rhēma), word, utterance, thing, matter, event, case. CL The noun rhēma (root wer- or rhē; cf. erō, I will say; rhēsis, statement, discourse, explanation; rhētōr, orator; cognates Lat. verbum, Ger. Wort and Eng. word) means that which is stated intentionally: a word, an utterance. It was used in poetry from Pindar onwards (Pyth. 4, 277 f.) and in prose from Hdt. onwards (7, 162). In the famous epigram of Simonides (Frag. 92; E. Diehl, Anthologia Lyrica Graeca, 1925, II, 94) for