GreekG1026Verb

βρέχω

brechō

6Occurrences
G1026Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to moisten (especially by a shower)

a primary verb;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to wet
2.In late Gk. writers and vernac. = ὕειν, to send rain, to rain (Kennedy, Sources, 39, 155)
LXX: chiefly for מטר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

βρέχω appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
3
James
1
Matthew
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

James 5:17BSB

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.

Luke 17:29BSB

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

Luke 7:38BSB

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 7:44BSB

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.

Matthew 5:45BSB

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.

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