Lexical Definition

‎ῥητῶς‎ rhētōs (hray-toce') expressly ^G:ADV
adverb from a derivative of ‎ῥέω‎

expressly.

• out-spokenly, i.e. distinctly

Abbott-Smith

*† ῥητῶς adv. (< ῥητός, stated, specified),
in stated terms, expressly: I Ti 4:1.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: ῥητῶς-ός, ή, όν,

(ἐρῶ) stated, specified, covenanted, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρεῖναι ἐς χρόνον ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἡμέραις ῥ. [ῥητῶςοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ βασιλεῖαι [prev. author] 1.13 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἀργύριον a stated sum, [Refs]; ἐπὶ ῥητῶςοῖσι, Attic dialect ἐπὶ ῥητῶςοῖς, on stated terms, on certain conditions, according to covenant, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἀπόκρισις a distinct, definite answer, [ῥητῶςόν, τό ">Refs 2nd c.BC+], fixed date for a lawsuit, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; so perhaps ἀπὸ ῥητῶςῶν [Refs 6th c.BC+] adverb -τῶς expressly, distinctly, [NT+5th c.BC+]: superlative ῥητῶςότατα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 spoken of, famous, ῥητῶςοί τ᾽ ἄρρητοί τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 of language, in common use (= συνήθης), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -τῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II that may be spoken or told, εἰ ῥητῶςόν, φράσον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἦ ῥητῶςό; ἢ οὐχὶ θεμιτὸν ἄλλον εἰδένα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐδῶν ἀνόσι᾽ οὐδὲ ῥητῶςά μοι[Refs]; δεινὸν γάρ, οὐδὲ ῥ. [Refs]
__II.2 that can be spoken or enunciated, συλλαβή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; communicable in words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in Mathematics texts, rational, of magnitudes, opposed to surds (ἄλογα), ῥητῶςὰ πρὸς ἄλληλα [Refs 3rd c.BC+] “*Deff.” 128; in Metric, ῥ. πούς, opposed to ἄλογος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; see at {ἄρρητος} IV.
__IV τὸ ῥ. the precise, literal contents of a document, the letter of the law, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ῥητῶςός literal, opposed to allegorical, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__V ={ῥῆμα} [Refs]a living thing, Hebrew dâvâr, [LXX]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Tim.4.1 ☩ LXX.Exod.9.4}