Strong G3655ὄμβρος
rainstorm
- Transliteration
- ombros
- Pronunciation
- om'-bros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a thunder storm: - shower.
Detailed definition
ὄμβρος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Deu.32:2 (שָׂעִיר), Wis.16:16, al.;]
a storm of rain, a shower: Luk.12:54.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Deu.32:2 (שָׂעִיר), Wis.16:16, al.;]
a storm of rain, a shower: Luk.12:54.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3655 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shower1
First verses
- Luke 12:54And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄμβρος, ὁ,
A storm of rain, thunder-storm, sent by Zeus, ὅτ᾽ ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.91; χειμάρρους.. ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ 11.493; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης.., τεύχων ἢ πολὺν ὄ. κτλ. 10.6)]; of a storm at sea, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 26.4; ὄ. λάβρος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12)]; distinct from ὑετός or common rain, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394a31)]; but sometimes, heavy rain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.98, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 146, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 78)]: in plural, rains, ὄ. πολλοὶ καὶ λάβροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.50, compare 2.25, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.81, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 350.)]
A.2 generally, water, as an element, μήτε γῆ, μήτ᾽ ὄ. ἱερός, μήτε φῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 1428, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 98.2, 21.5: _falsa lectio_ for{ὄλβος} in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 953; ὄ. ἀναγκαῖοι)]urine, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.443.)]
A.3 inundation, τῶν παρακειμένων ὑδάτων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 133 (2nd c.BC), +others)]; ὀχετοὺς ἀγαγεῖν οἳ ἄξουσιν τὸν ὄ. εἰς τὰς ἐξαγωγούς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 383.13 (3rd c.BC).)]
A.II metaphorically, storm, shower, ἐν πολυφθόρῳ Διὸς ὄ., of a battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).49; δέδοικα δ᾽ ὄμβρου κτύπον.. τὸν αἱματηρόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1533 (Lyric poetry))]; μέλας ὄ. χάλαζά θ᾽ αἱματοῦσσ᾽ (χαλάζης αἵματος codices) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1279; ὄμβρῳ δακρυόεντι 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 16.345; πυρὸς ὄμβροι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.22; ἡδὺς ὄ. ἀοιδῆς “Anthologia Graeca” 9.364 (from Nestor).)]
A storm of rain, thunder-storm, sent by Zeus, ὅτ᾽ ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.91; χειμάρρους.. ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ 11.493; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης.., τεύχων ἢ πολὺν ὄ. κτλ. 10.6)]; of a storm at sea, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 26.4; ὄ. λάβρος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12)]; distinct from ὑετός or common rain, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394a31)]; but sometimes, heavy rain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.98, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 146, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 78)]: in plural, rains, ὄ. πολλοὶ καὶ λάβροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.50, compare 2.25, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.81, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 350.)]
A.2 generally, water, as an element, μήτε γῆ, μήτ᾽ ὄ. ἱερός, μήτε φῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 1428, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 98.2, 21.5: _falsa lectio_ for{ὄλβος} in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 953; ὄ. ἀναγκαῖοι)]urine, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.443.)]
A.3 inundation, τῶν παρακειμένων ὑδάτων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 133 (2nd c.BC), +others)]; ὀχετοὺς ἀγαγεῖν οἳ ἄξουσιν τὸν ὄ. εἰς τὰς ἐξαγωγούς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 383.13 (3rd c.BC).)]
A.II metaphorically, storm, shower, ἐν πολυφθόρῳ Διὸς ὄ., of a battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).49; δέδοικα δ᾽ ὄμβρου κτύπον.. τὸν αἱματηρόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1533 (Lyric poetry))]; μέλας ὄ. χάλαζά θ᾽ αἱματοῦσσ᾽ (χαλάζης αἵματος codices) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1279; ὄμβρῳ δακρυόεντι 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 16.345; πυρὸς ὄμβροι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.22; ἡδὺς ὄ. ἀοιδῆς “Anthologia Graeca” 9.364 (from Nestor).)]