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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 grown, for Yahweh God had not caused it to 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 - And Yahweh rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - So Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and Yahweh gave forth [fn]thunder and hail, and fire went down to the earth. And Yahweh rained down 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 flood 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 grain from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -

Then He rained [fn]meat upon them like the dust,

Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

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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 command the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 -

So their slain will be cast 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 numerous peoples who are with him, [fn]a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 -

So rejoice, O sons of Zion,

And be glad in Yahweh your God,

For He has given you [fn]the early rain in righteousness.

And He has poured down for you the rain,

The [fn]early and [fn]late rains [fn]as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 -

“And I also 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 portion would be rained on,

While the portion not rained on would dry up.

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