noun · masculine
rēsa
GreekῬησά (rēsa)
Strong’sG4488
Rhesa
stem rēs-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ῥησά (L, -σᾶ), ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4488 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhray-sah'
Resa (i.e. Rephajah), an Israelite
Fromprobably of Hebrew origin (apparently for );
King JamesRhesa.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | rēsa | rēsa |
| object accusative | rēsa | rēsa |
| direct address vocative | rēsa | rēsa |
| of, belonging to genitive | rēsa1×Ῥησὰ | rēsa |
| to, for dative | rēsa | rēsa |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
rēsa“Rhesa”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 3:27“Rhesa”tou Iōanan tou Rēsa tou Zorobabel tou Salathiēl tou Nērithe son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,