ῤίζα, ῤίζης, ἡ (akin to German Reis (cf. Latinradix; English root; see Curtius, § 515; Fick, Part 3:775)), from Homer down; the Sept. for ωΙΡψΖωΡ; 1. a root: properly, Mat_3:10; Luk_3:9; ἐκ ῤιζῶν, from the roots (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 51, 1 d.), Mar_11:20; ῤίζαν ἔχειν, to strike deep root, Mat_13:6; Mar_4:6; tropically, οὐ ῤίζαν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, spoken of one who has but a superficial experience of divine truth, has not permitted it to make its way into the inmost recesses of his soul, Mat_13:21; Mar_4:17; Luk_8:13; in figurative discourse, ῤίζα πικρίας (see πικρία) of a person disposed to apostatize and induce others to commit the same offence, Heb_12:15; the progenitors of a race are called ῤίζα, their descendants κλάδοι (see κλάδος, b.), Rom_11:16-18. Metaphorically, cause, origin, source: πάντων τῶν κακῶν, 1Ti_6:10; τῆς σοφίας, Sir_1:6 (5), 20 (18); τῆς ἀθανασίας, Wis_15:3; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, of the devil, Ev. Nicod. 23; ἀρχή καί ῤίζα παντός ἀγαθοῦ, Epicur. quoted in Atlmn. 12, 67, p. 546f; πηγή καί ῤίζα καλοκἀγαθίας τό νομίμου τυχεῖν παιδείας, Plutarch, de purr. educ. c. 7 b. 2. after the use of the Hebrew ωΙΡψΖωΡ, that which like a root springs from a root, a sprout, shoot; metaphorically, offspring, progeny: Rom_15:12; Rev_5:5; Rev_22:16 (Isa_11:10).

ῥίζα rhiza 17x a root of a tree, Mat_3:10 ; Mat_13:6 ; met. ἔχειν ῥίζαν , or ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτῷ , to be rooted in faith, Mat_13:21 ; Mar_4:17 ; Luk_8:13 ; met. cause, source, origin, 1Ti_6:10 ; Heb_12:15 ; by synec. the trunk, stock of a tree, met. Rom_11:16-18 ; met. offspring, progeny, a descendant, Rom_15:12 ; Rev_5:5 ; Rev_22:16 root.

ῥίζα , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H8327 ;] a root: Mat_3:10 , Luk_3:9 ; ἐκ ῥιζῶν , Mar_11:20 ; ῥ . ἔχειν , Mat_13:6 , Mar_4:6 ; id . seq . ἐν ἑαυτῷ , fig ., Mat_13:21 , Mar_4:17 , Luk_8:13 . Metaph . (as in various senses in cl .), of cause, origin, source, etc.; (a) of things, ῥ . πάντων τ . κακῶν ( Eur .), 1Ti_6:10 ; (b) of persons: of ancestors, Rom_11:16-18 ; ῥ . πικρίας , Heb_12:15 . Of that which springs from a root, a shoot; metaph ., of offspring, Rom_15:12 ( LXX ) Rev_5:5 ; Rev_22:16 .†

ῥίζα [page 564] For the literal sense root cf. P Oxy XIV. 1674 .5 (iii/A.D.) καῦσον τὴν ῥίζαν αὐτῆς , burn its roots, with reference to an acacia tree. In P Lond 121 .173 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 89) the eating of roots of bugloss, [ῥ ]ίζας βυγλου (i.e. βουληώσσου ), is recommended to prevent the breath from smelling after eating garlic. The metaphorical sense of origin, ancestry, is seen in OGIS 383 .31 (mid. i/B.C.), where Antiochus I. refers to the Persians and Greeks as ἐμοῦ γένους εὐτυχεστάτη ῥίζα : cf. Rev_22:16 .

ῥίζα ῥίζα, ης, ἡ, "a root", Od. , attic: in pl. "the roots", Hom. metaph. "the roots of the eye", Od. ; "the roots or foundations" of the earth, Hes. , Aesch. , etc. ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Lat. radicitus, Plut. "anything that grows like a root" from one stem, whence Pindar calls Libya the τρίτη ῥίζα χθονός, considering the earth as divided into three continents. metaph. the "root or stock" from which a family springs, Lat. stirps, Pind. , Aesch. , etc.; and so "a race, family", Aesch. , Eur. , etc.

ῥίζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שָׁרַשׁ ;] a root: Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9; ἐκ ῥιζῶν, Mrk.11:20; ῥ. ἔχειν, Mat.13:6, Mrk.4:6; id. before ἐν ἑαυτῷ, figuratively, Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17, Luk.8:13. Metaphorical (as in various senses in cl.), of cause, origin, source, etc.; __(a) of things, ῥ. πάντων τ. κακῶν (Eur.), 1Ti.6:10; __(b) of persons: of ancestors, Rom.11:16-18; ῥ. πικρίας, Heb.12:15. Of that which springs from a root, a shoot; metaphorically, of offspring, Rom.15:12 (LXX) Rev.5:5 22:16.† (AS)