2001 Translation

RHŌMĒ, rhōmē

Sounds Like: ROH-may

Translations: Rome, strength, power, might, a strength, a power, a might

From the root: ΡΩΜΗ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Noun

Explanation: This word can refer to the city of Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire. It can also mean 'strength,' 'power,' or 'might,' referring to physical or moral force. In the context of strength, it describes the inherent ability or vigor to accomplish something. It can be used to describe the strength of a person, an animal, or even a concept.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4516 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:14, 1:92

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:4, 4:40

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 1:10, 8:24, 14:16
• Proverbs — 6:8
• Romans — 1:7, 1:15
• 2 Timothy — 1:17

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 1:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 9:50

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 8:298
• Book 7 — 1:44, 5:102, 10:237
• Book 8 — 7:183
• Book 14 — 3:36, 5:90, 8:137, 10:214, 12:307, 15:465, 16:469, 16:487
• Book 15 — 11:407
• Book 16 — 1:6, 4:87, 5:137, 8:243, 8:253, 9:271, 9:294, 10:340, 11:370, 11:372
• Book 17 — 1:21, 3:52, 4:80, 5:84, 10:273, 13:343
• Book 18 — 2:52, 3:65, 3:80, 3:81, 4:89, 5:111, 6:143, 6:146, 8:306
• Book 19 — 1:2
• Book 20 — 6:135

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 18:21, 31:11, 33:4, 33:14, 34:15
• Book Two — 2:9, 7:5, 11:1, 16:54, 18:13
• Book Seven — 2:16, 4:1, 5:24, 7:14, 11:11

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 26:1, 56:1

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Maccabees — 1:10, 8:24, 8:26, 8:28, 14:16
• 2 Maccabees — 3:26
• 3 Maccabees — 2:4
• Proverbs — 6:8

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Romans — 1:7, 1:15
• 2 Timothy — 1:17

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΡΩΜΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΠΙΡΩΜΗΣ — (of) strength, (of) power, (of) force
• ΡΩΜΕΙ — be strong, be powerful, be mighty
• ΡΩΜΗΝ — Rome, to Rome, into Rome
• ΡΩΜΗΣ — of Rome
• ΡΩΜ‾Η‾ — Rome, (to) Rome, (in) Rome
• ΤΗΝΡΩΜΗΝ — Rome, the Rome
• ΤΗΣΡΩΜΗΣ — of Rome

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