{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G4491",
  "lemma": "ῥίζα",
  "transliteration": "rhíza",
  "definition": "a \"root\" (literally or figuratively)",
  "kjv": "root",
  "occurrences": 74,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 3:10",
      "text": "Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/3?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 13:6",
      "text": "When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 13:21",
      "text": "yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 4:6",
      "text": "When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 4:17",
      "text": "They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 11:20",
      "text": "As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/11?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 3:9",
      "text": "Even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 8:13",
      "text": "Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 11:16",
      "text": "If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/11?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 11:17",
      "text": "But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/11?v=17"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G4491",
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}