rhema denotes a spoken communication: an utterance, reported saying, message, or speech attributed to God.

The occurrences chiefly identify spoken communications, especially words given, spoken, remembered, received, or kept in relation to God and Jesus. The same noun also refers to ordinary statements and reports, and in several Luke passages to an announced matter or saying that people seek to understand or discuss.

1. Spoken communication from God or Jesus · dominant

   Plural forms identify communications given and spoken by Jesus in John 14:10 and received by his followers in John 17:8. In 1 Peter 1:25 the singular nominative is the message proclaimed to the readers, while in Acts 5:20 the plural is what the apostles are commanded to speak to the people.

   John 14:10John 17:8John 12:47Acts 5:201 Peter 1:25Hebrews 11:3
2. Statement, report, or spoken reply · common

   The plural accusative in Acts 13:42 concerns material requested for repetition on the next Sabbath, and in Acts 16:38 it concerns what police reported to the officers. In Acts 26:25, Paul describes what he is speaking as true and rational, and Luke 20:26 presents a singular statement that opponents could not seize upon before the people.

   Acts 13:42Acts 16:38Acts 26:25Luke 20:26Luke 2:50John 10:21
3. An announced matter or saying to be understood · occasional

   In Luke 2:15, the singular accusative concerns what the shepherds want to see after it has happened and been made known to them. Luke 18:34 and Luke 9:45 describe a singular saying that the hearers did not understand, while Luke 1:65 presents plural communications being discussed throughout the hill country.

   Luke 2:15Luke 18:34Luke 9:45Luke 1:65Luke 24:11Luke 1:37

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the noun as "declarations," "words," "statement," "saying," and "message." These are translation-level renderings of whole clauses, but the contexts consistently concern spoken or communicated content.