Quick Definition
ῥητῶς Adv in so many words
Strong's Definition
out-spokenly, i.e. distinctly
Derivation: adverb from a derivative of G4483 (ῥέω);
KJV Usage: expressly
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ῥῆμα
33.94 · Communication · Speak, Talk
thusly, just as said, in so many words pertaining to what is spoken or has been spoken
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥητῶς, (ῥητός), adv., expressly, in express words: ῥητῶς λέγει, 1 Tim. iv. 1. (Polyb. 3, 23, 5; Strabo 9 p. 426; Plut. Brut. 29; [de Stoic. repugn. 15, 10]; Diog. Laért. 8, 71; [al.; cf. Wetstein on 1 Tim. 1. c.; W. 463 (431) ].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥητῶς rhētōs 1x
in express words, expressly, 1 Tim. 4:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ῥητῶς adv.
(< ῥητός, stated, specified),
in stated terms, expressly: I Ti 4:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥητῶς. For ῥητῶς, ‘‘explicitly,” “in set terms” (1 Tim 47), see P Par 6353 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 22) ῥητῶς τε διὰ τῆς π|[ε]μ[φθείσης ὑμῖν ἐπιστολῆς, OG/S 51.539 (ili/A-D.) ῥητῶς τῆς ἀπογραφῆς [λεγούσης ὅτι συνάγ]εται ἡ βουλὴ διὰ τοῦτο, and cf. P Tebt II. 30312 (A.p. 176-180) ἐπὶ τοῦ ῥητοῦ, ‘‘at the specified time,’’ similarly 2d. 33215 (A.D. 176).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥητῶς (rhētōs) — expressly. Included with: ῥητ-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. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἀργύριον a stated sum, [Refs]; ἐπὶ ῥητοῖσι, Attic dialect ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς, on stated terms, on certain conditions, according to covenant, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἀπόκρισις a distinct, definite answer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], fixed date for a lawsuit, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; so perhaps ἀπὸ ῥητῶν [Refs 6th c.BC+] adverb -τῶς expressly, distinctly, [NT+5th c.BC+]: superlative ῥητότατα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. spoken of, famous, ῥητοί 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 ῥητόν, φράσον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἦ ῥητό; ἢ οὐχὶ θεμιτὸν ἄλλον εἰδένα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐδῶν ἀνόσι᾽ οὐδὲ ῥητά 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), ῥητὰ 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+]; ῥητός literal, opposed to allegorical, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
V. ={ῥῆμα} [Refs]a living thing, Hebrew dâvâr, [LXX]