ῥύομαι
rhuomai
to rescue
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ῥύομαι, transliterated as rhuomai (Strong's number G4506), serves as a verb that conveys the concept of rescue or liberation. With 18 occurrences in the Bible, it is a relatively frequent term used in various contexts. This word is employed in a range of situations, including physical deliverance from harm or danger, as well as spiritual liberation from captivity to sin or adversity. The verb's meaning encompasses a sense of freeing or extracting, suggesting that rescue often results from external intervention or action. Given its frequency and versatility, ῥύομαι holds significant importance within biblical narratives, often highlighting the actions of divine agents or human beings who extend aid to those in distress. Its usage underscores the value placed on deliverance and salvation in ancient biblical cultures.
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Occurrences in Scripture
18 total occurrences across the text
Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
Matthew 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Luke 1:74to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
Luke 11:4Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ ”
Romans 7:24What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
Romans 11:26and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Romans 15:31that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
Colossians 1:13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,
1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
2 Thessalonians 3:2and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
2 Timothy 3:11persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Timothy 4:18And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
2 Peter 2:7and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
2 Peter 2:9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,