2001 Translation

RHIZAI, rhizai

Sounds Like: REE-zai

Translations: roots

From the root: ΡΙΖΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the underground part of a plant that anchors it and absorbs water and nutrients. It is used metaphorically to describe the origin, foundation, or source of something, or the descendants of a family. In the provided examples, it refers to the 'roots' of the righteous or the wicked, signifying their foundation or lineage.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4491 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Proverbs — 12:3, 12:12
• Job — 18:16
• Sirach — 40:15

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 8:20

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Proverbs — 12:3, 12:12
• Job — 18:16
• Sirach — 40:15
• Ezekiel — 17:6, 17:7, 17:9, 31:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 30:1

From the same root

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

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.

• ΡΙΖΑ — root, a root, source, origin, descendant
• ΡΙΖΑΙΣ — to root, to roots, to a root, by roots, by a root
• ΡΙΖΑΝ — root, a root
• ΡΙΖΑΣ — roots, a root
• ΡΙΖΗΣ — of root, of a root
• ΡΙΖΩΜΑ — root, a root, root system, foundation
• ΡΙΖΩΝ — of roots
• ΤΗΝΡΙΖΑΝ — the root, a root

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