Quick Definition
in so many words
Strong's Definition
out-spokenly, i.e. distinctly
Derivation: adverb from a derivative of G4483 (ῥέω);
KJV Usage: expressly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤητῶς (ῤητός), adverb, expressly, in express words: ῤητῶς λέγει, 1Ti_4:1. (Polybius 3, 23, 5; Strabo 9, p. 426; Plutarch, Brut. 29; (de Stoic. repugn. 15, 10); (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 71; (others; cf. Wetstein on 1 Timothy, the passage cited; Winer's Grammar, 463 (431)).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥητῶς rhētōs 1x
in express words, expressly, 1Ti_4:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ῥητῶς ,
adv.
( < ῥητός , stated, specified ),
in stated terms, expressly: 1Ti_4:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥητῶς [page 564]
For ῥητῶς , explicitly, in set terms ( 1Ti_4:1 ), see P Par 63 .62 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 22) ῥητῶς τε διὰ τῆς π [ε ]μ [φθεί ]σης ὑμῖν ἐπιστολῆς , OGIS 515 .39 (iii/A.D.) ῥητῶς τῆς ἀπογραφῆς [λεγούσης ὅτι συνάγ ]εται ἡ βουλὴ διὰ τοῦτο , and cf. P Tebt II. 303 .12 (A.D. 176 180) ἐπὶ τοῦ ῥητοῦ , at the specified time, similarly ib . 332 .16 (A.D. 176).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ῥητῶς
adv. (ῥητός, stated, specified),
in stated terms, expressly: 1Ti.4:1.†
(AS)