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Lexicon :: Strong's G1026 - brechō

Aa
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 BoxGen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah 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 BoxGen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 -
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night make I my bed to swim;
I water my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 -
And he rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them food from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -
He rained flesh also upon them as the dust,
And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; 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 BoxIsa 34:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:24

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, 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 Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - And I also 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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