Difference between revisions of "Rain"

<div> '''A — 1: '''''Ὑετός''''' ''' (Strong'S #5205 — Noun Masculine — huetos — hoo-et-os' ) </div> <p> from huo, "to rain," is used especially, but not entirely, of "showers," and is found in &nbsp;Acts 14:17; &nbsp;28:2; &nbsp;Hebrews 6:7; &nbsp;James 5:7 (see [[Early]] and LATTER); 5:18; &nbsp; Revelation 11:6 (see B). </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Βροχή''''' ''' (Strong'S #1028 — Noun [[Feminine]] — broche — brokh-ay' ) </div> <p> akin to B, below, lit., "a wetting," hence, "rain," is used in &nbsp;Matthew 7:25,27 . In the Sept., &nbsp;Psalm 68:9; &nbsp;105:32 . It is found in the papyri in connection with irrigation in Egypt (Deissmann, Light from the [[Ancient]] East). </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Βρέχω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1026 — Verb — brecho — brekh'-o ) </div> <p> akin to A, No. 2, signifies (a) "to wet," &nbsp;Luke 7:38,44 , RV (AV, to wash); (b) "to send rain," &nbsp;Matthew 5:45; to rain, &nbsp;Luke 17:29 (of fire and brimstone); &nbsp; James 5:17 , used impersonally (twice); &nbsp;Revelation 11:6 , where huetos (A, No. 1) is used as the subject, lit., "(that) rain rain (not)." </p>