Brechō βρέχω
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| βρέχω | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | brechō |
| Strong's number | G1026 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to rain down |
| Occurrences | 7 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Luke (3) |
Brechō (Greek βρέχω, Strong's G1026) is a Greek verb meaning “to rain down”. It occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the New Testament.
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)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | rain (2), sendeth rain (1), wash (1), hath washed (1), it rained (1), might (1), rained (1) |
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| BSB | sends rain (1), wet (1), she wet (1), rained down (1), rain (1), it did not rain (1), will fall (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Brechō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- 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.that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Luke
- 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.As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
- 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.And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
- Luke 17:29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
James
- 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.Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Revelation
- 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.These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).