Rhōmaios · Roman

What it means

Rhōmaios (Ῥωμαῖος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Roman”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A person with the rights of a citizen of Rome, or of the people ruling the land.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Romans ×7
• Roman ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• John×1
• Acts×11

• John 11:48

  If we let him go on like this, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

• Acts 2:10

  Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and the visiting Romans,

• Acts 16:21

  and they proclaim customs that it is not lawful for us to accept or practice, being Romans.”

• Acts 16:37

  But Paul said to them, “They beat us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Romans, and threw us into prison, and now are they throwing us out secretly? No indeed! Rather, let them come themselves and bring us out.”

• Acts 16:38

  And the officers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

• Acts 22:25

  But when they had stretched him out with the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to whip a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?”

• Acts 22:26

  And when the centurion heard this, going to the commander he reported it, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”

• Acts 22:27

  So the commander came up and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”

• Acts 22:29

  So at once those who were about to examine him stepped back from him; and the commander too was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman and that he had bound him.

• Acts 23:27

  This man, seized by the Jews and about to be killed by them, coming on them with the troops, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman.

• Acts 25:16

  To them I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused has the accusers face to face and has received an opportunity for a defense concerning the charge.

• Acts 28:17

  And it happened after three days that he called together the leading men of the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,