Strong G4498Ῥόδη
Rhoda
- Transliteration
- Rhodē
- Pronunciation
- hrod'-ay
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Probably for ῥόδή rhodē (a rose);
Rode a servant girl: - Rhoda.
Rode a servant girl: - Rhoda.
Meaning of the name
Rhoda, "rose"
Detailed definition
a rose-tree, rose-bush , (Archilochus Lyricus) (ML)
In the biblical story
Rhoda
Servant girl in the house of Mary
Rhoda was a servant girl in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, who recognized Peter's voice at the door.
In the Bible
Strong G4498 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rhoda1
First verses
- Acts 12:13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥοδ-ῆ, ἡ,
contraction for ῥοδέη ={ῥοδέα}, rose-bush, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 29, 2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.50e, Pamphil.[prev. work] 52f)]; Ionic dialect ῥοδέη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1020 (but see at {ῥόδον} [near the start]).)]
contraction for ῥοδέη ={ῥοδέα}, rose-bush, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 29, 2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.50e, Pamphil.[prev. work] 52f)]; Ionic dialect ῥοδέη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1020 (but see at {ῥόδον} [near the start]).)]