Interesting word study on the Greek for the word “word”
Romans 10:17 “... and hearing by the word of God” the Greek is “rhema”.
http://concordances.org/greek/4487.htm
rhema - Definition: a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.
4487 rhema (from 4483 /rheo, “to speak”) – a spoken word, made “by the living voice” (J. Thayer). 4487 /rhema (”spoken-word”) is commonly used in the NT (and in LXX) for the Lord speaking His dynamic, living word in a believer to inbirth faith (”His inwrought persuasion”).
Ro 10:17: “So faith proceeds from (spiritual) hearing; moreover this hearing (is consummated) through a rhema-word (4487 /rhema) from Christ” (Gk text).
[See also Gal 3:2,5 which refers to “the hearing of faith” (Gk text) – i.e. a spiritual hearing that goes with the divine inbirthing of faith.]
His word NEVER fails, does it?! And His Scripture proves His point, every time.! Thanks for that!