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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 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon 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 - And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; 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 groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 - And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:24 - Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
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