Lexical Definition

‎ῥίζα‎ rhíza (hrid'-zah) root G:N-F
apparently a primary word

root.

Usage: 12 forms in 56 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ῥιζῶν roots Mark.11.20
ῥίζησ root Rom.11.17
ῥίζαν a root Luke.8.13
root Matt.3.10 • Matt.13.6 • Matt.13.21 • Mark.4.6 • Mark.4.17 • Luke.3.9 • Rom.11.18
ῥίζα A root 1Tim.6.10
root Rom.11.16 • Rom.11.18 • Rom.15.12 • Heb.12.15 • Rev.5.5 • Rev.22.16
ριζών αυτού of his roots LXX.Dan.4.15
ριζών her roots LXX.Ezek.17.9
of his roots LXX.Dan.4.23
roots LXX.Job.28.9 • LXX.Job.31.12 • LXX.Dan.4.26
ριζασ roots LXX.Job.30.4
ρίζησ his root LXX.Isa.11.1 • LXX.Dan.11.20
of her root LXX.Dan.11.7
root LXX.Job.8.12 • LXX.Isa.11.1 • LXX.Dan.2.41
ρίζασ her roots LXX.Ps.80.9
his roots LXX.Jer.17.8 • LXX.Hos.9.16 • LXX.Hos.14.5 • LXX.Amos.2.9
root LXX.Job.5.3
roots LXX.Job.13.27
ρίζαν a root LXX.Isa.37.31
as a root LXX.2Kgs.19.30
root LXX.Job.19.28
ρίζαι His roots LXX.Job.18.16 • LXX.Ezek.31.7
her roots LXX.Ezek.17.7
its roots LXX.Ezek.17.6
roots LXX.Prov.12.3 • LXX.Prov.12.12 • LXX.Ezek.17.9
ρίζα Your root LXX.Ezek.16.3
a root LXX.Deut.29.18 • LXX.Isa.53.2
its root LXX.Job.14.8
of their root LXX.Isa.40.24
root LXX.Job.29.19 • LXX.Isa.11.10 • LXX.Mal.4.1
their root LXX.Isa.5.24

Abbott-Smith

ῥίζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַשׁ ;]
a root: Mt 3:10, Lk 3:9; ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Mk 11:20; ῥ. ἔχειν, Mt 13:6, Mk 4:6; id. seq. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, fig., Mt 13:21, Mk 4:17, Lk 8:13. Metaph. (as in various senses in cl.), of cause, origin, source, etc.;
(a) of things, ῥ. πάντων τ. κακῶν (Eur.), I Ti 6:10;
(b) of persons: of ancestors, Ro 11:16-18; ῥ. πικρίας, He 12:15. Of that which springs from a root, a shoot; metaph., of offspring, Ro 15:12 (LXX), Re 5:5 22:16.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 3:10 · 13:6 · 13:21
Mark 4:6 · 4:17 · 11:20
Luke 3:9 · 8:13
Romans 11:16 · 15:12
1 Timothy 6:10
Hebrews 12:15
Revelation 5:5 · 22:16

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ῥίζα-α, ης, ἡ:

Ionic dialect nominative ῥίζαη [ῥίζαην 2nd c.AD: Marcellus Sidetes Poeta Medicus 89 (before a vowel), but ῥίζααν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.846 (whence \_Ionic dialect\_ \_nominative\_ ῥίζαα may be inferred)">Refs 8th c.BC+]:—root, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; used as a medicine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἐλατήριος, of a purgative medicine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, roots, [ῥίζαησι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.542: hence ">Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, roots of the eye, [ῥίζαας ἐν ὄσσοις αἱματῶπας in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 933 ">Refs 8th c.BC+] probably bloodshot streaks); the roots or foundations of the earth, [ῥίζααισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο [prev. work] 367 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; of feathers, hair, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the teeth, [Refs]
__3 τὸν πόλεμον ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀνῄρηκε 'root and branch', [LXX+1st c.AD+]; compare ῥιζόθεν, πρόρριζος.
__II that from which anything springs as from a root, ῥίζααν ἀπείρου τρίταν a third continental foundation, of Libya, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀστέων ῥ., of Cyrene, as the root or original of the Cyrenaic Pentapolis, [Refs]; root or stock from which a family springs, ῥ. σπέρματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so, race, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συκοφάντου.. σπέρμα καὶ ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; sect, party, [ῥίζαωμα 11. ">NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 base, foundation, ῥ. πάντων καὶ βάσις ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται Ti. Locrian dialect[Refs 5th c.BC+]; base of a vertical pillar, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 in Mathematics texts, root or base of a series, Anatolius cited in [Refs]. (Aeolic dialect βρίζα (which see): cf. Gothic waúrts, Latin radix.)

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Job.31.12 ☩ 1Tim.6.10