1. root (literal and figurative) — The underground part of a plant from which it draws nourishment, used both literally of botanical roots and figuratively of origin, source, or foundational cause. All 17 NT occurrences represent the same lexical meaning across singular and plural forms and various cases (nominative, accusative, genitive). Multilingual evidence confirms uniform treatment: Swahili 'mzizi/mizizi' (root/roots), Hindi 'jad/jadon' (root/roots), Korean 'ppuri' (root), Arabic 'jadhr/judhur' (root/roots), Spanish 'raiz/raices' (root/roots). The plural in S76220 (1x, N-GFP) is simply the morphological plural of the same concept, not a distinct sense. Used metaphorically of Christ as the 'Root of David' (Rev 5:5, 22:16) and of spiritual rootedness (Col 2:7), but the same base image applies throughout. 17×
AR["أصلُ","أَصْلُ","أَصْلِ","الْجَذْرَ","الْجَذْرُ","الْجُذُورِ","جَذرٌ","جَذْر","جَذْرٌ","جَذْرِ","جِذْرُ"]·ben["মূল","মূলকে","মূলে","মূলের","শিকড়","শিকড়,"]·DE["Wurzel","ῥίζαν"]·EN["Root","root","the-roots"]·FR["racine"]·heb["שָׁרָשִׁים","שֹׁרֶשׁ"]·HI["जड़","जड़-के","जड़-को","जड़ों","जद","जध","वंश"]·ID["Akar","akar","akar,","itu"]·IT["radice","riza"]·jav["Oyod","oyod","oyod,","oyodipun","oyot"]·KO["뿌리","뿌리-가","뿌리-에","뿌리가","뿌리들부터","뿌리를","뿌리와","뿌리이고"]·PT["Raiz","raiz","raiz,"]·RU["-Иессея","-ветви","-маслины","Корень","корень","корне","корней","корня","несёшь"]·ES["Raíz","raíces","raíz"]·SW["Shina","mizizi","mzizi","mzizi,"]·TR["Davut'un","kök","kök,","köklerinden","kökü","köküne","kökünün"]·urd["جڑ","جڑ-کو","جڑوں"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ῥίζ-α, ης, ἡ: Ionic dialect nominative ῥίζη Refs 8th c.BC+:—root, Refs 8th c.BC+; used as a medicine, Refs 8th c.BC+; ῥ. ἐλατήριος, of a purgative medicine, Refs 5th c.BC+: mostly in plural, roots, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 metaphorically, roots of the eye, Refs 8th c.BC+ probably bloodshot streaks); the roots or foundations of the earth, Refs 8th c.BC+; of feathers, hair, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; of the…