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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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no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land,[fn] and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.

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Then out of the sky the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulfur from the LORD.

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So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the land, and the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

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I am weary from my groaning;

with my tears I dampen my bed

and drench my couch every night.

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He rained manna for them to eat;

he gave them grain from heaven.

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He rained meat on them like dust,

and winged birds like the sand of the seas.

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I will make it a wasteland.

It will not be pruned or weeded;

thorns and briers will grow up.

I will also give orders to the clouds

that rain should not fall on it.

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Their slain will be thrown out,

and the stench of their corpses will rise;

the mountains will flow[fn] with their blood.

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“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.’

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“I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur on him, as well as his troops and the many peoples who are with him.

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Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad

in the LORD your God,

because he gives you the autumn rain[fn]

for your vindication.[fn]

He sends showers for you,

both autumn and spring rain as before.

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I also withheld the rain from you

while there were still three months until harvest.

I sent rain on one city

but no rain on another.

One field received rain

while a field with no rain withered.

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