ῥύσις (G4511) — Greek Lexicon

ῥύσις

rhýsis

G4511 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

A flowing or outflow, typically referring to a discharge or emission from the body; most commonly used in reference to a bodily flow, especially of blood, such as menstrual or pathological bleeding. Can denote a literal physical discharge, usually involving loss or release of bodily fluid.

Semantic Range

a flow or outflow, discharge, emission (esp. of blood), pathological flow, bodily emission, issue (of blood)

Root / Etymology

From ῥέω ('to flow') via nominal derivation, related to the verb ῥύομαι only in the broad sense of movement, but not sharing its core sense of rescue or deliverance. The noun is modeled on the verbal root ῥυ- / ῥε-, which appears in various Greek forms connected to movement, flow, or streaming.

Historical & Contextual Notes

ῥύσις is attested in both Classical and Hellenistic Greek with the sense of 'a flow' or 'efflux,' often medical in usage. In the Septuagint and New Testament, ῥύσις is specifically used for abnormal or pathological discharges, especially of blood (cf. Mark 5:29), where it refers to a condition of chronic bleeding. This use aligns with medical Greek, where ῥύσις could refer more broadly to any pathological discharge (including pus or other fluids), though in the New Testament context it is used specifically for a hematic (blood) flow, paralleling terminology in Jewish purity law. Standard English translations narrow the sense to 'issue (of blood),' but the term itself is not inherently limited to blood unless context specifies. Related nouns in Greek (e.g. ἐκρροή) emphasize outflow but may differ in nuance; ῥύσις tends to be more medical and concrete, compared to less technical uses.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from ῥύομαι in the sense of its congener ῥέω; a flux (of blood):--issue.

Root Family

ῥύσις (rhysis) — flow, outflow, discharge, emission

Root ῥυ- to flow, to stream

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`G4511-01`	ῥύσει	rusei	`N DAT F SG`	a flow	to a bodily flow	a bodily flow	2
`G4511-02`	ῥύσις	rusis	`N NOM F SG`	flow	flowing discharge	flowing discharge	1

Occurrences in Scripture

3 occurrences

Filter by SIDANCE:

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`G4511-01`	Mark 5:25	ῥύσει	rusei	`N DAT F SG`	flow	to a bodily flow	a bodily flow
`G4511-01`	Luke 8:43	ῥύσει	rusei	`N DAT F SG`	a flow	to a bodily flow	a bodily flow
`G4511-02`	Luke 8:44	ῥύσις	rusis	`N NOM F SG`	flow	flowing discharge	flowing discharge

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