Strong G4405πρωΐα

early morning

Transliteration
prōia
Pronunciation
pro-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of a derivative of G4404 as noun;
day dawn: - early morning.

Detailed definition

πρώιος (Rec. -ϊος), -α, -ον
(πρωί), [in LXX for בֹּקֶר בַּ לַּ;]
at early morn, early; as subst., ἡ π. (sc. ὥρα, cf. ἡ ὥ. ἡ π., 3Ma.5:24), early morning: Mat.27:1, Jhn.21:4.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4405 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • morning3
  • early1

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:18
    Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
  2. Matthew 27:1
    When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  3. John 18:28
    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
  4. John 21:4
    But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: πρώϊ-ος,
Attic dialect πρῷος, α, ον: (πρωΐ, πρῴ):— early,
I early in the day, at early morn, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.470 (_neuter_ πρώϊον as)] adverb = {πρωΐ}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (); π. ἐμπολέα “Anthologia Graeca” 6.304 (Phanias Epigrammaticus); π. ῥόδον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 27; also περὶ δείλην πρωΐην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.6; δείλης πρωΐας 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 210.)]
I.2 substantive πρωΐα, ἡ, early morning, ἅμα τῇ π.[NT (Aristeas 304; ἦν δὲ πρωΐα NT.John.18.28; πρωΐας γενομένης NT.Matt.27.1: _genitive_ πρωΐας as)] adverb = {πρῴ}[Refs (, [prev. work] 21.18)]: with Preps., καθ᾽ ἑκάστην πρωΐαν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.8.1; ἀπὸ πρωΐας ἄχρις ἡλίου δύσεως “IG” 4.597.16 (from Argos), compare “PLond.” 3.1177.66 (2nd c.AD).)]
II early in the year, πρώϊος [ὁ στρατὸς] συνελέγετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.130)]; τῶν καρπίμων ἅττα μή 'στι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 264; σικύων πρῴων [prev. author] “Pax” 1001, compare 1164 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.11.1)]; π. χειμών an early winter, [Refs ([prev. author] “Sign.” 40)]; τὸν πρώϊον (or πρῷον) σῖτον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 155.2 (3rd c.BC))]; διὰ τὸ τὰ μὲν πρώϊα, τὰ δ᾽ ὄψια προΐεσθαι (i.e. ᾠά) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 543a9)]; π. τόπος an early place, i.e. producing early fruits, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.2.9)]: comparative πρωΐτερος [Refs ([prev. author] “CP” 5.6.5)] codices πρωϊ-ότης, ητος, ἡ, earliness, of fruits, [Refs ([prev. work] 4.11.9.)]