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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 - when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up--for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor'rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - Then Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 - and he rained down upon them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples that are with him, torrential rains and hailstones, fire and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - "And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain upon one city, and send no rain upon another city; one field would be rained upon, and the field on which it did not rain withered;
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