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Lexicon :: Strong's G1026 - brechō

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βρέχω
Transliteration
brechō (Key)
Pronunciation
brekh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary word
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Strong’s Definitions

βρέχω bréchō, brekh'-o; a primary verb; to moisten (especially by a shower):—(send) rain, wash.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1026 in the following manner: rain (3x), wash (2x), rain (with G5205) (1x), send rain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1026 in the following manner: rain (3x), wash (2x), rain (with G5205) (1x), send rain (1x).

  1. to moisten, wet, water

  2. to water with rain, to cause to rain, to pour the rain, to send down like rain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βρέχω bréchō, brekh'-o; a primary verb; to moisten (especially by a shower):—(send) rain, wash.
STRONGS G1026:
βρέχω; 1 aorist ἔβρεξα; from Pindar and Herodotus down;
1. to moisten, wet, water: Luke 7:38 (τ. πόδας δάκρυσι, cf. Psalm 6:7), Luke 7:44.
2. in later writings (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 291 [Winers Grammar, 23]) to water with rain (Polybius 16, 12, 3), to cause to rain, to pour the rain, spoken of God: ἐπί τινα, Matthew 5:45; to send down like rain: κύριος ἔβρεξε θεῖον κ. πῦρ, Genesis 19:24; χάλαζαν, Exodus 9:23; [μάννα, Psalm 77:24 (Psalms 78:24)]; impersonally, βρέχει it rains (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 58, 9 b. β.): James 5:17; with added accusative, πῦρ κ. θεῖον, Luke 17:29; with added subject, ὑετός, Revelation 11:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
19:24
Exodus
9:23
Psalms
6:7; 78:24
Matthew
5:45
Luke
7:38; 7:44; 17:29
James
5:17
Revelation
11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1026 matches the Greek βρέχω (brechō),
which occurs 15 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to [fn]cultivate the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the LORD [fn]sent [fn]thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 - He rained down manna upon them to eat
And gave them [fn]food from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - When He rained [fn]meat upon them like the dust,
Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - “I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - So their slain will be thrown out,
And their corpses [fn]will give off their stench,
And the mountains will [fn]be drenched with their blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:24 - “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - “With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, [fn]a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - So rejoice, O sons of Zion,
And be glad in the LORD your God;
For He has given you [fn]the early rain for your vindication.
And He has poured down for you the rain,
The [fn]early and [fn]latter rain [fn]as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
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