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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4517. ῥώννυμι (rhónnumi) -- To strengthen, to make strong</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4517.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/23-35.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4517.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4517</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4516.htm" title="4516">◄</a> 4517. rhónnumi <a href="../greek/4518.htm" title="4518">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">rhónnumi: To strengthen, to make strong</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ῥώννυμι</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>rhónnumi<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>HRONE-noo-mee<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hrone'-noo-mee)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To strengthen, to make strong<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I strengthen, render firm; imperative at the end of letters: farewell.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primary verb<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ῥώννυμι, similar concepts can be found in Hebrew words like חָזַק (chazaq - Strong's H2388), which means to be strong or to strengthen, often used in the context of God strengthening His people.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek verb ῥώννυμι (rhónnumi) is used to convey the act of strengthening or making something strong. It implies imparting strength or vigor, often in a physical or metaphorical sense. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the strengthening of individuals or groups, often in a spiritual or moral context.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, strength was a valued trait, often associated with physical prowess, courage, and moral fortitude. The concept of strengthening was not only applied to physical attributes but also to character and resolve. In the context of early Christianity, spiritual strength was emphasized as believers faced persecution and challenges to their faith. The use of ῥώννυμι in the New Testament reflects this broader cultural understanding of strength, extending it to the spiritual realm.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>probably from rhóomai (to move with speed)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to strengthen, be strong<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>farewell (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4517: ῤώννυμι</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ῤώννυμι</span></span>: <span class="accented">to make strong, to strengthen</span>; perfect passive <span class="greek2">ἔρρωμαι</span> (see Rho), <span class="accented">to be strong, to thrive, prosper</span>; hence, the 2 person (singular) imperative is the usual formula in closing a letter, <span class="greek2">ἔρρωσο</span>, <span class="accented">farewell</span>: <a href="/interlinear/acts/23-30.htm">Acts 23:30</a> (<span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span>); <span class="greek2">ἔρρωσθε</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a> (2 Macc. 11:21; <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, Cyril 4, 5, 33; <span class="abbreviation">Artemidorus</span> Daldianus, oneir. 3, 44, others; <span class="greek2">ἔρρωσο</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ὑγίαινε</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Dio Cassius</span>, 61, 13).<FOOTNOTE:1> <p><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4517a: σ</span> [<span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σ</span></span> ,Sigma: the practice (adopted by Griesbach, Knapp, others, after H. <span class="abbreviation">Stephanus</span>, et al.) of employing the character sigma <span class="greek2">σ</span> in the middle of a compound word has been abandoned by the recent critical editors; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 5, the passage cited; <span class="abbreviation">Lipsius</span>, Gram. Untersuch., p. 122; <span class="abbreviation">Matthiae</span>, § 1 Anm. 5; Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. § 2 Anm. 3; Kühner, § 1 Anm. 1. <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> edition 8 writes sigma <span class="greek2">ς'</span> also even at the end of a word, after the older manuscripts. On movable final sigma <span class="greek2">ς'</span> see <span class="greek2">ἀχρἱσ'</span>, <span class="greek2">μεχρἱσ'</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁυτὡσ'</span>. The (Ionic) combinations <span class="greek2">ῥς</span> for <span class="greek2">ῥρ</span>, and <span class="greek2">σς</span> for <span class="greek2">ττ</span> (cf. Fischer, Animadvers. ad Veller. etc. i., pp. 193f, 203; Kühner, § 31, pp. 124, 127), have become predominant (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἄρσην</span></span>, <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">θαρσέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">θάρσος</span></span>, <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀπαλλάσσω</span></span> etc., <span class="greek2">γλῶσσα</span>, <span class="greek2">ἥσσων</span> (which see), <span class="greek2">θάλασσα</span>, <span class="greek2">κηρύσσω</span>, <span class="greek2">περισσός</span>, <span class="greek2">πράσσω</span> (which see), <span class="greek2">τάσσω</span>, <span class="greek2">τέσσαρες</span>, <span class="greek2">φυλάσσω</span>, etc.), except in a few words, as <span class="greek2">κρείττων</span> (which see), the derivatives of <span class="greek2">ἐλαττῶν</span> (of which word both forms are used indiscriminately), <span class="greek2">ἥττημα</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡττάω</span> (yet see <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-13.htm">2 Corinthians 12:13</a>), etc.; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 7. Some proper names are spelled indifferently with one sigma <span class="greek2">ς'</span> or with two; as, <span class="greek2">Ἐλισ῾σ᾿αιος</span>. Zeta <span class="greek2">ζ'</span> is occasionally substituted for sigma <span class="greek2">ς'</span>, especially before mu <span class="greek2">μ'</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">σβέννυμι</span></span>, <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">Σμύρνα</span></span> (<span class="greek2">σμύρνα</span>, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span> Glossary, § 58, 3, and Lexicon, under the word; <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 80; <span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, p. 148; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 5; Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. § 3 Anm. 6; Bezae manuscript, <span class="abbreviation">Scrivener</span> edition, p. xlviii.; Liddell and Scott, under the word Zeta <span class="greek2">ζ'</span>, I. 3, and Sigma <span class="greek2">ς'</span>, II. 14 c.); so also xi <span class="greek2">Ξ</span>, as <span class="greek2">ξυμβαίνω</span> <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12</a> <span class="manuref">R<span class="lexsuper">bez</span></span> cf. Kühner, § 325, 5; Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Ausf. Spr. as above; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ξύν</span></span>.] <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>farewell. <p>Prolongation from rhoomai (to dart; probably akin to <a href="/greek/4506.htm">rhoumai</a>); to strengthen, i.e. (impersonal passive) have health (as a parting exclamation, good-bye) -- farewell. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4506.htm">rhoumai</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Ερρωσθε έρρωσθε Ἔρρωσθε έρρωσο ρώγας ρώγες ρωξ Errosthe Errōsthe Érrosthe Érrōsthe<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/15-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 15:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Perfect Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural">V-RMM/P-2P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὖ πράξετε <b>Ἔρρωσθε</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you will do well. <span class="itali">Farewell.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/acts/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye shall do well. <span class="itali">Fare ye well.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/15-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> well you will do <span class="itali">Farewell</span><p><b><a href="/greek/4517.htm">Strong's Greek 4517</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4517.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/erro_sthe_4517.htm">Ἔρρωσθε — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4516.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4516"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4516" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4518.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4518"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4518" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>