Orthros ὄρθρος

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Orthros
ὄρθρος
Transliterationorthros
Strong's numberG3722
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossdawn
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inLuke (1)

Orthros (Greek ὄρθρος, Strong's G3722) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “dawn”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὄρθρος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for שַׁחַר, בֹּקֶר, etc. ;]
daybreak, dawn: ὄρθρου βαθέως (M, Pr., 73), at early dawn, Luk.24:1; ὄρθρου, Jhn.8:2; ὑπὸ τὸν ὄ., Act.5:21 (cf. MM, xviii).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmorning (3)
BSBmorning (1), early in the morning (1), daybreak (1)

Verses

Every verse with Orthros, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

John

Acts

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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