Strong G1026βρέχω
to rain down
- Transliteration
- brechō
- Pronunciation
- brekh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to moisten (especially by a shower): - (send) rain wash.
Detailed definition
βρέχω,
[in LXX chiefly for מטר;]
1. to wet: Luk.7:38, 44.
2. In late Gk. writers and vernac. = ὕειν, to send rain, to rain (Kennedy, Sources, 39, 155): Mat.5:45; trop., β. πῦρ κ. θεῖον, Luk.17:29; impers., βρέχει, it rains: Jas.5:17; with ὐετός as subj., Rev.11:6.
† (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מטר;]
1. to wet: Luk.7:38, 44.
2. In late Gk. writers and vernac. = ὕειν, to send rain, to rain (Kennedy, Sources, 39, 155): Mat.5:45; trop., β. πῦρ κ. θεῖον, Luk.17:29; impers., βρέχει, it rains: Jas.5:17; with ὐετός as subj., Rev.11:6.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1026 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rain4
- wash2
- may1
First verses
- Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Luke 7:44And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
- Luke 17:29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
- James 5:17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
- Revelation 11:6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βρέχω,
future -ξω[LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Amos.4.7, +others, (ἀπο-) 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.591, etc.)]: aorist ἔβρεξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.12, etc.)]:—passive, future βρᾰχήσομαι [LXX (LXX.Isa.34.3)]: aorist ἐβρέχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 326, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.17, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἐβράχην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.80, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 906b26, 1st-2nd c.AD: Sotion Paradoxographus p.190 W., 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.270, “Anacreontea” 31.26; but ἐβρέχην “PGiss.” 160v12 (2nd c.AD), Wilcken “Chr.” 341.6 (2nd c.AD))]: perfect βέβρεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.55, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”))] 47:—wet, of persons walking through water, τὸ γόνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189; τοὺς πόδας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229a)]; steep in water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 3; ἐν οἴνῳ [prev. author] “Fract.” 29)]; β. χρυσέαις νιφάδεσσι πόλιν shower wealth upon it, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.34; δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον “IG” 14.1422; β. ἐν δάκρυσι τὴν στρωμνήν LXX.Psa.6.7, compare 77(78).27)]:—passive, get wet, βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.2)]; βρέχεσθαι ἐν ὕδατι to be bathed in sweat or drench themselves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104 (so ἱδρῶτι β. τὴν ψυχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c))]; βεβρεγμένος filled with water, opposed to διερός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 330a17)]; of sponges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mete.” 386b5; ἄλφιτα β. ἐν ὕδατι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.110)]; to be rained upon, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.12.3; ὄμβροις 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.13)]; especially in Egypt of the inundation of the Nile, τὰ βρεχέντα πεδία [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 331.6 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡ βεβρεγμένη (i.e. γῆ) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 71.2 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 669.57 (1st c.AD))]; γῆ οὐ βρεχομένη [LXX (LXX.Eze.22.24)]:—but also intransitive in active, to be inundated, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PPetr. 3p.119 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 106.19 (2nd c.BC): _metaphorically_, ἀκτῖσι βεβρεγμένος)] steeped, bathed in light, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.55; σιγᾷ βρέχεσθαι [prev. author] “fragment” 240)]; of hard drinkers, μέθῃ βρεχθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 326)]; βεβρεγμένος tipsy, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 126.)]
II rain, send rain, [NT (NT.Matt.5.45)]; Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1482.6 (2nd c.AD))]: with accusative, ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν [LXX (LXX.Exo.9.23)]; θεῖον[LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.19.24, cf. NT.Luke.17.29)]; ἄρτους [LXX (Al. LXX.Exo.16.4.)]
II.2 impersonal, βρέχει it rains, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 54, NT.Jam.5.17; ὅταν βρέχῃ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.6.26; also ἵνα ὑετὸς βρέχῃ NT.Rev.11.6.)]
future -ξω[LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Amos.4.7, +others, (ἀπο-) 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.591, etc.)]: aorist ἔβρεξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.12, etc.)]:—passive, future βρᾰχήσομαι [LXX (LXX.Isa.34.3)]: aorist ἐβρέχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 326, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.17, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἐβράχην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.80, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 906b26, 1st-2nd c.AD: Sotion Paradoxographus p.190 W., 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.270, “Anacreontea” 31.26; but ἐβρέχην “PGiss.” 160v12 (2nd c.AD), Wilcken “Chr.” 341.6 (2nd c.AD))]: perfect βέβρεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.55, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”))] 47:—wet, of persons walking through water, τὸ γόνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189; τοὺς πόδας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229a)]; steep in water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 3; ἐν οἴνῳ [prev. author] “Fract.” 29)]; β. χρυσέαις νιφάδεσσι πόλιν shower wealth upon it, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.34; δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον “IG” 14.1422; β. ἐν δάκρυσι τὴν στρωμνήν LXX.Psa.6.7, compare 77(78).27)]:—passive, get wet, βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.2)]; βρέχεσθαι ἐν ὕδατι to be bathed in sweat or drench themselves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104 (so ἱδρῶτι β. τὴν ψυχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254c))]; βεβρεγμένος filled with water, opposed to διερός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 330a17)]; of sponges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mete.” 386b5; ἄλφιτα β. ἐν ὕδατι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.110)]; to be rained upon, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.12.3; ὄμβροις 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.13)]; especially in Egypt of the inundation of the Nile, τὰ βρεχέντα πεδία [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 331.6 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡ βεβρεγμένη (i.e. γῆ) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 71.2 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 669.57 (1st c.AD))]; γῆ οὐ βρεχομένη [LXX (LXX.Eze.22.24)]:—but also intransitive in active, to be inundated, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PPetr. 3p.119 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 106.19 (2nd c.BC): _metaphorically_, ἀκτῖσι βεβρεγμένος)] steeped, bathed in light, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.55; σιγᾷ βρέχεσθαι [prev. author] “fragment” 240)]; of hard drinkers, μέθῃ βρεχθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 326)]; βεβρεγμένος tipsy, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 126.)]
II rain, send rain, [NT (NT.Matt.5.45)]; Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1482.6 (2nd c.AD))]: with accusative, ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν [LXX (LXX.Exo.9.23)]; θεῖον[LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.19.24, cf. NT.Luke.17.29)]; ἄρτους [LXX (Al. LXX.Exo.16.4.)]
II.2 impersonal, βρέχει it rains, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 54, NT.Jam.5.17; ὅταν βρέχῃ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.6.26; also ἵνα ὑετὸς βρέχῃ NT.Rev.11.6.)]