To rescue
ῥύομαιStrong’s G4506rhuomai
Appears in 16 verses of the New Testament
In short
Rhuomai is the Greek word usually translated “deliver”, “do deliver” and “has delivered”. It appears in 16 verses of the New Testament.
“And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.”
Meaning
Usually translated “deliver”, “do deliver” and “has delivered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- will deliver 3
- do deliver 2
- has delivered 2
- he should deliver 1
- having been saved 1
- delivering 1
- i may be delivered 1
- he will deliver 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 3
- 2 Timothy 3
- Matthew 2
- Luke 2
- 2 Peter 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:7In contextAnd delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
- 2 Peter 2:9In contextThe Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Matthew 27:43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
- Luke 1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
- Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Greek dictionary
ῥύομαι rhuomai · to rescue
ῥύομαι [in LXX chiefly for נָצַל hi., also for גָּאַל, פָּלַט pi., etc. ;] to draw to oneself, hence, to rescue, deliver: with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:43, 2Pe.2:7; id. before ἀπό, Mat.6:13, Luk.11:4 (Rec., R, mg.), 2Ti.4:18; before ἐκ, Rom.7:24, 2Co.1:10, Col.1:13, 1Th.1:10, 2Ti.3:11, 2Pe.2:9; absol., ὁ ῥυύμενος, the deliverer, Rom.11:26. Passive: before ἀπό, Rom.15:31, 2Th.3:2; before ἐκ, Luk.1:74, 2Ti.4:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rescue” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RESCUE, verb transitive
res'cu.[Latin re and quatio.]
- “So the people rescued Jonathan that he died not” 1 Samuel 14:45
All definitions and other forms of “rescue”
RES'CUE, noun
[See the Verb.]
- Deliverance from restraint, violence or danger, by force or by the interference of an agent.
- In law, rescue or rescous, the forcible retaking of a lawful distress from the distrainor, or from the custody of the law; also, the forcible liberation of a defendant from the custody of the officer, in which cases, the remedy is by writ of rescous.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.