βρέχω
brechō
“to rain down”
Definition
to moisten (especially by a shower)
a primary verb;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
βρέχω appears 6 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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.
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.
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.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.