Lexicon
ῥύμη
rhumē
G4505
G:N-F Greek

lane

4
Occurrences
3
Books
Greek
Language

Rhume denotes an urban way or passage, whether a route to a house, a path out of the city, or public streets.

The occurrences depict an urban route or public passage: a way leading toward a house, a path traveled after leaving a city gate, and streets within a city where people act or are gathered.

Senses in use

  1. Urban route or public passage · dominant

    The singular accusative form marks a route of movement in Acts 9:11, where the APB renders the instruction to go to “the street called Straight,” and in Acts 12:10, where those leaving the gate proceed down “one lane.” The plural forms refer to city thoroughfares in Matthew 6:2, rendered “in the streets,” and in Luke 14:21, where the command is to go into “the streets and alleys of the city.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the setting as “the street called Straight,” “one lane,” “the streets,” and “the streets and alleys of the city.” These expressions show the verses’ urban-route setting rather than assigning a separate English equivalent in every case.

Passages featuring this word

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