Lexical Summary rhizoō: to cause to take root Original Word: ῥιζόωTransliteration: rhizoō Phonetic Spelling: (hrid-zo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cause to take root Meaning: to cause to take root Strong's Concordance root. From rhiza; to root (figuratively, become stable) -- root. see GREEK rhiza Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4492: ῤιζόωῤιζόω, ῥίζω: perfect passive participle ἐρριζωμενος (see Rho); (ῤίζα); from Homer down; to cause to strike root, to strengthen with roots; as often in classical writings (see Passow, under the word, 3; (Liddell and Scott, under I.)), tropically, to render firm, to fix, establish, cause a person or a thing to be thoroughly grounded: passive ἐρριζωμενος (Vulg.radicatus) ἐν ἀγάπη, Ephesians 3:17(18) (not WH); ἐν Χριστῷ, in communion with Christ, Colossians 2:7. (Compare: ἐκριζόω.) |