What does βροχή (brochḗ) mean in the Bible?
βροχή (brochḗ): Rain as a wetting or soaking, emphasizing the moisture-delivering action rather than merely precipitation
Greek · G1028
βροχή
Rain
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βροχή G1028
Pronunciation brochḗ
What does βροχή (brochḗ) mean in the Bible?
βροχή (brochḗ): Rain as a wetting or soaking, emphasizing the moisture-delivering action rather than merely precipitation
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1028?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include rain (2).
Where does βροχή (brochḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2).
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 rain 2× Matthew 7:25, Matthew 7:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:25
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Matthew 2
Source forms
βροχὴ 2x brochē Matthew 7:25, Matthew 7:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 7:25, Matthew 7:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Rain as a wetting or soaking, emphasizing the moisture-delivering action rather than merely precipitation
Strong's G1028
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
rain
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Rain as a wetting or soaking, emphasizing the moisture-delivering action rather than merely precipitation
(βρέχω), [in LXX: Psa.67 (68):9, 104 (105):32 (גֶּשֶׁם)* ;]
1= βροχετός, a wetting (in π., of irrigation in Egypt; Deiss., LAE, 77).
2As in MGr. (Kennedy, Sources, 153), = ὑετός, rain: Mat.7:25, 27.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:25 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
βροχὴ broch
a heavy rain
Read verse Matthew 7:27 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
βροχὴ broch
a heavy rain
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 7:25 · Matt 7:27 2×
Word Origins
βροχή is built from this root:
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