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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 7 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45 - so G3704 that you may [fn]be sons G5207 of your Father G3962 who G3588 is in heaven; G3772 for He causes G393 His sun G2246 to rise G393 on the evil G4190 and the good, G18 and sends G1026 rain G1026 on the righteous G1342 and the unrighteous. G94

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and standing G2476 behind G3694 Him at His feet, G4228 weeping, G2799 she began G757 to wet G1026 His feet G4228 with her tears, G1144 and kept wiping G1591 them with the hair G2359 of her head, G2776 and kissing G2705 His feet G4228 and anointing G218 them with the perfume. G3464

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44 - Turning G4762 toward G4314 the woman, G1135 He said G5346 to Simon, G4613 “Do you see G991 this G3778 woman? G1135 I entered G1525 your house; G3614 you gave G1325 Me no G3756 water G5204 for My feet, G4228 but she has wet G1026 My feet G4228 with her tears G1144 and wiped G1591 them with her hair. G2359

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:29 - but on the day G2250 that Lot G3091 went G1831 out from Sodom G4670 it rained G1026 fire G4442 and [fn]brimstone G2303 from heaven G3772 and destroyed G622 them all. G3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elijah G2243 was a man G444 with a nature G3663 like G3663 ours, G1473 and he prayed G4336 [fn]earnestly G4335 that it would not rain, G1026 and it did not rain G1026 on the earth G1093 for three G5140 years G1763 and six G1803 months. G3376

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These G3778 have G2192 the power G1849 to shut G2808 up the sky, G3772 so G2443 that rain G5205 will not fall G1026 during the days G2250 of their prophesying; G4394 and they have G2192 power G1849 over G1909 the waters G5204 to turn G4762 them into blood, G129 and to strike G3960 the earth G1093 with every G3956 plague, G4127 as often G3740 as they desire. G2309
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