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ῥύμη

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Gloss: lane

Transliteration: rhumē

Strong’s: G4505

ῥύμη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Isa.15:3 (רְחֹב), Pro.31:23 א, Tob.13:18, Sir.9:7 א1* ;]
__1. in cl., the force, rush, swing, of a moving body; esp. of a charge of soldiers.
__2. In late Greek (as in Macedonian, see Kennedy, Sources, 15), a narrow road, lane, street: in Polyb., of a road in camp; in LXX and NT (π. also) of streets in a town, Mat.6:2, Luk.14:21 Act.9:11 12:10 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 488).†
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