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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

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Strong's Number G1026 matches the Greek βρέχω (brechō),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - καὶ στᾶσα ὀπίσω παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ κλαίουσα τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἤρξατο βρέχειν G1026 τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖς θριξὶν τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτῆς ἐξέμασσεν καὶ κατεφίλει τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤλειφεν τῷ μύρῳ

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44 - καὶ στραφεὶς πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τῷ Σίμωνι ἔφη βλέπεις ταύτην τὴν γυναῖκα εἰσῆλθόν σου εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ὕδωρ μοι ἐπὶ πόδας οὐκ ἔδωκας αὕτη δὲ τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἔβρεξέν G1026 μου τοὺς πόδας καὶ ταῖς θριξὶν αὐτῆς ἐξέμαξεν

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:29 - ᾗ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ ἐξῆλθεν Λὼτ ἀπὸ Σοδόμων ἔβρεξεν G1026 πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀπώλεσεν πάντας

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Ἠλίας ἄνθρωπος ἦν ὁμοιοπαθὴς ἡμῖν καὶ προσευχῇ προσηύξατο τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι G1026 καὶ οὐκ ἔβρεξεν G1026 ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐνιαυτοὺς τρεῖς καὶ μῆνας ἕξ

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - οὗτοι ἔχουσιν τὴν ἐξουσίαν κλεῖσαι τὸν οὐρανόν ἵνα μὴ ὑετὸς βρέχῃ G1026 τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς προφητείας αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσιν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων στρέφειν αὐτὰ εἰς αἷμα καὶ πατάξαι τὴν γῆν ἐν πάσῃ πληγῇ ὁσάκις ἐὰν θελήσωσιν
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