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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ὄρθροςG3722
Pronunciationórthros
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 Itdaybreak1×Acts 5:21
Early in the morning1×John 8:2
in the morning1×Luke 24:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 24:1
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Luke1John1Acts1
Source forms
ὄρθρον1xorthronActs 5:21
ὄρθρου1xorthrouLuke 24:1
Ὄρθρου1xOrthrouJohn 8:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular2xLuke 24:1, John 8:2
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xActs 5:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn
Strong'sG3722
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 24:1Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὄρθρουorqrou
early dawn, day-break
Read verseJohn 8:2Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὄρθρουorqrou
early dawn, day-break
Read verseActs 5:21Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὄρθρονorqron
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · MasculineLuke 24:11×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineActs 5:211×
Word Origins
ὄρθρος is built from this root: