4506. rhuomai
Strong's Lexicon
rhuomai: To rescue, deliver, save

Original Word: ῥύομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: rhuomai
Pronunciation: HROO-oh-my
Phonetic Spelling: (rhoo'-om-ahee)
Definition: To rescue, deliver, save
Meaning: I rescue, deliver (from danger or destruction).

Word Origin: Derived from the root ῥέω (rheo), meaning "to flow" or "to draw to oneself."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H5337 (נָצַל, natsal): To deliver, rescue

- H3467 (יָשַׁע, yasha): To save, deliver

Usage: The Greek verb "rhuomai" primarily means to rescue or deliver from danger or distress. It conveys the idea of drawing someone to safety, often implying a divine intervention or a powerful act of salvation. In the New Testament, it is frequently used to describe God's deliverance of His people from sin, evil, or peril.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of deliverance was often associated with gods or heroes rescuing individuals from physical danger or enemies. In the Jewish context, deliverance was a central theme, with God frequently portrayed as the Deliverer of Israel from bondage and oppression. This cultural backdrop enriches the New Testament usage of "rhuomai," emphasizing God's active role in the salvation and protection of His people.

HELPS Word-studies

4506 rhýomai (from eryō, "draw to oneself") – properly, draw (pull) to oneself; to rescue ("snatch up"); to draw or rescue a person to and for the deliverer.

In Mt 6:13 ("the Lord's Prayer"), 4506 (rhýomai) is used in the closing sentence, "Deliver (4506 /rhýomai) us from evil" – i.e. "Deliver me to Yourself and for Yourself." That is, "Lord deliver me out of my (personal) pains and bring me to You and for You."

[4506 (rhýomai) properly means, "to snatch out for oneself" (H. Cremer, G. Winer).

J. Thayer, "Properly, 4506 (rhýomai) means to draw out . . . to one's self" – i.e. to rescue for oneself (to oneself). 4506 /rhýomai ("rescue") implies removing someone in the midst (presence) of danger or oppression, i.e. delivered "right out of" and to (for) the rescuer.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
akin to eruó (to drag)
Definition
to draw to oneself, i.e. deliver
NASB Translation
deliver (3), delivered (1), Deliverer (1), rescue (3), rescued (7), rescues (1), set...free (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4506: ῤύομαι

ῤύομαι; future ῤύσομαι; 1 aorist ἐρρυσάμην G (ἐρρυσάμην R, so T in 2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Peter 2:7; L everywhere except in 2 Timothy 3:11 text) and ἐρυσαμην (so Tr WH everywhere, T in Colossians 1:13; 2 Timothy 3:11; L text in 2 Timothy 3:11); a deponent middle verb, in later Greek with the 1 aorist passive ἐρρύσθην G (ἐρρύσθην R), and (so L T Tr WH in 2 Timothy 4:17) ἐρυσθην; (on the doubling of rho , and the breathing, see in Rho); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for הִצִּיל; also for גָּאַל, פִּלֵּט (to cause to escape, to deliver), חָלַץ (to draw out), מִלֵּט, הושִׁיעַ , etc.; from Ρ᾽ΥΩ to draw, hence, properly, to draft, to oneself, to rescue, to deliver: τινα, Matthew 27:43; 2 Peter 2:7; τινα ἀπό τίνος (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 6 a.), Matthew 6:13; Luke 11:4 R L; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (here T Tr WH ἐκ; 2 Timothy 4:18); 1 aorist passive, Romans 15:31; 2 Thessalonians 3:2; τινα ἐκ τίνος (Winer's Grammar, as above): Romans 7:24 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 41 a. 5); 2 Corinthians 1:10; Colossians 1:13; 2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Peter 2:9; 1 aorist passive, Luke 1:74; 2 Timothy 4:17; ῤυόμενος, the deliverer, Romans 11:26 (after Isaiah 59:20).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
deliverer.

Middle voice of an obsolete verb, akin to rheo (through the idea of a current; compare rhusis); to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e. Rescue -- deliver(-er).

see GREEK rheo

see GREEK rhusis

Forms and Transliterations
ερρυσάμην ερρύσαντο ερρύσασθε ερρύσατο ερρύσατό ἐρρύσατο ερρύσθη ερρύσθημεν ερρύσθην ἐρρύσθην ερρύσθησαν ερρύσω ερυσατο ἐρύσατο ερυσθην ἐρύσθην ρυεσθαι ρύεσθαι ῥύεσθαι ρύεται ρυόμενοι ρυομένοις ρυομενον ρυόμενον ῥυόμενον ρυομενος ρυόμενος ρυόμενός ῥυόμενος ρυσαι ρύσαι ρύσαί ῥῦσαι ρυσάμενος ρυσάμενός ρυσαμένου ρύσασθαι ρύσασθαί ρύσασθε ρυσασθω ρυσάσθω ῥυσάσθω ρυσεται ρύσεται ρύσεταί ῥύσεται ῥύσεταί ρύση ρύσηταί ρυσθείην ρυσθεντας ρυσθέντας ῥυσθέντας ρυσθήση ρυσθήσομαι ρυσθω ρυσθώ ῥυσθῶ ρυσθωμεν ρυσθώμεν ῥυσθῶμεν ρυσθώσιν ρύσομαι ρύσομαί ρύσονται errusato errusthen errusthēn errysato errýsato errysthen errysthēn errýsthen errýsthēn rhyesthai rhýesthai rhyomenon rhyómenon rhyomenos rhyómenos rhysai rhŷsai rhysastho rhysasthō rhysástho rhysásthō rhysetai rhýsetai rhýsetaí rhysthentas rhysthéntas rhystho rhysthô rhysthō rhysthō̂ rhysthomen rhysthômen rhysthōmen rhysthō̂men ruesthai ruomenon ruomenos rusai rusastho rusasthō rusetai rusthentas rustho rusthō rusthomen rusthōmen
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 6:13 V-AMM-2S
GRK: πειρασμόν ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ
NAS: us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
KJV: temptation, but deliver us from
INT: temptation but deliver us from

Matthew 27:43 V-AMM-3S
GRK: τὸν θεόν ῥυσάσθω νῦν εἰ
NAS: IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE [Him] now, IF
KJV: in God; let him deliver him now,
INT: God let him deliver now if

Luke 1:74 V-APP-AMP
GRK: χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν ῥυσθέντας λατρεύειν αὐτῷ
NAS: To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand
KJV: unto us, that we being delivered out of
INT: [the] hand of our enemies having been saved we should serve him

Luke 11:4 V-ADM-2S
GRK: πειρασμόν ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ
KJV: but deliver us
INT: temptation but deliver us from

Romans 7:24 V-FIM-3S
GRK: τίς με ῥύσεται ἐκ τοῦ
NAS: that I am! Who will set me free from the body
KJV: that I am! who shall deliver me from
INT: who me will deliver out of the

Romans 11:26 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: Σιὼν ὁ ῥυόμενος ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας
NAS: as it is written, THE DELIVERER WILL COME
KJV: Sion the Deliverer, and
INT: Zion the deliverer he will remove ungodliness

Romans 15:31 V-ASP-1S
GRK: ἵνα ῥυσθῶ ἀπὸ τῶν
NAS: that I may be rescued from those
KJV: That I may be delivered from
INT: that I might be delivered from those

2 Corinthians 1:10 V-AIP-3S
GRK: τηλικούτου θανάτου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ
NAS: who delivered us from so great
KJV: Who delivered us from
INT: so great a death delivered us and

2 Corinthians 1:10 V-FIM-3S
GRK: ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύσεται εἰς ὃν
NAS: a [peril of] death, and will deliver [us], He on whom
KJV: a death, and doth deliver: in whom
INT: us and does deliver in whom

2 Corinthians 1:10 V-FIM-3S
GRK: καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται
NAS: And He will yet deliver us,
KJV: he will yet deliver [us];
INT: also still he will deliver

Colossians 1:13 V-AIP-3S
GRK: ὃς ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ
NAS: For He rescued us from the domain
KJV: Who hath delivered us from
INT: who delivered us from

1 Thessalonians 1:10 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: Ἰησοῦν τὸν ῥυόμενον ἡμᾶς ἐκ
NAS: [that is] Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath
KJV: [even] Jesus, which delivered us from
INT: Jesus who delivers us from

2 Thessalonians 3:2 V-ASP-1P
GRK: καὶ ἵνα ῥυσθῶμεν ἀπὸ τῶν
NAS: and that we will be rescued from perverse
KJV: that we may be delivered from
INT: and that we might be delivered from

2 Timothy 3:11 V-AIP-3S
GRK: πάντων με ἐρρύσατο ὁ κύριος
NAS: the Lord rescued me!
KJV: [them] all the Lord delivered me.
INT: all me delivered the Lord

2 Timothy 4:17 V-AIP-1S
GRK: ἔθνη καὶ ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος
NAS: might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's
KJV: and I was delivered out of
INT: Gentiles and I was delivered out of [the] mouth

2 Timothy 4:18 V-FIM-3S
GRK: ῥύσεταί με ὁ
NAS: The Lord will rescue me from every
KJV: And the Lord shall deliver me from
INT: will deliver me the

2 Peter 2:7 V-AIP-3S
GRK: ἀσελγείᾳ ἀναστροφῆς ἐρρύσατο
NAS: and [if] He rescued righteous Lot,
KJV: And delivered just Lot,
INT: sensuality conduct he delivered

2 Peter 2:9 V-PNM/P
GRK: ἐκ πειρασμοῦ ῥύεσθαι ἀδίκους δὲ
NAS: knows how to rescue the godly
KJV: knoweth how to deliver the godly
INT: out of temptation to deliver [the] unrighteous moreover

Strong's Greek 4506
18 Occurrences


ἐρρύσατο — 4 Occ.
ἐρρύσθην — 1 Occ.
ῥύεσθαι — 1 Occ.
ῥυόμενον — 1 Occ.
ῥυόμενος — 1 Occ.
ῥῦσαι — 2 Occ.
ῥυσάσθω — 1 Occ.
ῥύσεται — 4 Occ.
ῥυσθέντας — 1 Occ.
ῥυσθῶ — 1 Occ.
ῥυσθῶμεν — 1 Occ.

















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