What does ὄρθρος (órthros) mean in the Bible?
ὄρθρος (órthros) is a Greek word meaning "dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn".
Greek · G3722
ὄρθρος
Dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn
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ὄρθρος G3722
Pronunciation órthros
What does ὄρθρος (órthros) mean in the Bible?
ὄρθρος (órthros) is a Greek word meaning "dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3722?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include daybreak (1), Early in the morning (1), in the morning (1).
Where does ὄρθρος (órthros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), John (1), Luke (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 daybreak 1× Acts 5:21
Early in the morning 1× John 8:2
in the morning 1× Luke 24:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 24:1
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 John 1 Acts 1
Source forms
ὄρθρον 1x orthron Acts 5:21
ὄρθρου 1x orthrou Luke 24:1
Ὄρθρου 1x Orthrou John 8:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Luke 24:1, John 8:2
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 5:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn
Strong's G3722
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:1 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὄρθρου orqrou
early dawn, day-break
Read verse John 8:2 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὄρθρου orqrou
early dawn, day-break
Read verse Acts 5:21 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὄρθρον orqron
early dawn, day-break
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 24:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 5:21 1×
Word Origins
ὄρθρος 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