What does βροντή (brontḗ) mean in the Bible?
βροντή (brontḗ) is a Greek word meaning "thunder".
Greek · G1027
βροντή
Thunder
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βροντή G1027
Pronunciation brontḗ
What does βροντή (brontḗ) mean in the Bible?
βροντή (brontḗ) is a Greek word meaning "thunder".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1027?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include peals of thunder (4), of Thunder (3), thunders (3), like thunder (1), thundered (1).
Where does βροντή (brontḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 3:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (10), John (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It peals of thunder 4× Revelation 4:5, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 16:18
of Thunder 3× Mark 3:17, Revelation 14:2, Revelation 19:6
thunders 3× Revelation 10:3, Revelation 10:4
like thunder 1× Revelation 6:1
thundered 1× John 12:29
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 3:17 Βροντῆς to of Thunder Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular John 12:29 Βροντὴν to thundered Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 4:5 βρονταί to peals of thunder Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 6:1 βροντῆς to like thunder Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 8:5 βρονταὶ to peals of thunder Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 10:3 βρονταὶ to thunders Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 10:4 βρονταί to thunders Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 10:4 βρονταί to thunders Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 11:19 βρονταὶ to peals of thunder Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 14:2 βροντῆς to of thunder Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 3:17
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 3
Mark 1 John 1 Revelation 10
Source forms
βρονταί 4x brontai Revelation 4:5, Revelation 10:4, Revelation 16:18
βρονταὶ 3x brontai Revelation 8:5, Revelation 10:3, Revelation 11:19
βροντῆς 2x brontēs Revelation 6:1, Revelation 14:2
Βροντὴν 1x Brontēn John 12:29
Βροντῆς 1x Brontēs Mark 3:17
βροντῶν 1x brontōn Revelation 19:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 7x Revelation 4:5, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 10:3, Revelation 10:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 3x Mark 3:17, Revelation 6:1, Revelation 14:2
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x John 12:29
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 19:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. thunder
Strong's G1027
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 4 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
thunder
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 3:17 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βροντῆς· bronthv
thunder
Read verse John 12:29 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
βροντὴν bronthn
thunder
Read verse Revelation 4:5 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
βρονταὶ brontai
thunder
Read verse Revelation 6:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βροντῆς, bronthv
thunder
Read verse Revelation 8:5 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
βρονταὶ brontai
thunder
Read verse Revelation 10:3 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
βρονταὶ brontai
thunder
Read verse Revelation 10:4 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
βρονταὶ brontai
thunder
Read verse Revelation 10:4 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
βρονταί, brontai
thunder
Read verse Revelation 11:19 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
βρονταὶ brontai
thunder
Read verse Revelation 14:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βροντῆς bronthv
thunder
Read verse Revelation 16:18 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
βρονταὶ brontai
thunder
Read verse Revelation 19:6 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
βροντῶν brontwn
thunder
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Nominative (7) Number pattern Plural (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rev 4:5 · Rev 8:5 · Rev 10:3 · Rev 10:4 · Rev 11:19 · Rev 16:18 7×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 3:17 · Rev 6:1 · Rev 14:2 3×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Rev 19:6 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine John 12:29 1×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain