What does ὑετός (hyetós) mean in the Bible?
ὑετός (hyetós) is a Greek word meaning "rain, especially a shower".
Greek · G5205
ὑετός
Rain, especially a shower
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ὑετόςG5205
Pronunciationhyetós
What does ὑετός (hyetós) mean in the Bible?
ὑετός (hyetós) is a Greek word meaning "rain, especially a shower".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5205?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include rain (4), raining (1).
Where does ὑετός (hyetós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 14:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Hebrews (1), James (1), Revelation (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 Itrain4×Acts 14:17, Hebrews 6:7, James 5:18, Revelation 11:6
raining1×Acts 28:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 14:17
Aligned rows5
Books represented4
Acts2Hebrews1James1Revelation1
Source forms
ὑετὸν2xhyetonActs 28:2, James 5:18
ὑετόν1xhyetonHebrews 6:7
ὑετὸς1xhyetosRevelation 11:6
ὑετοὺς1xhyetousActs 14:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular3xActs 28:2, Hebrews 6:7, James 5:18
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xActs 14:17
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 11:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. rain, especially a shower
Strong'sG5205
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
rain, especially a shower
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 14:17Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ὑετοὺςuetouv
rain
Read verseActs 28:2Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸνueton
rain
Read verseHebrews 6:7Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετόν,ueton
rain
Read verseJames 5:7Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸνueton
rain
Read verseJames 5:18Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸνueton
rain
Read verseRevelation 11:6Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸςuetov
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 3 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 patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (4)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRev 11:61×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineActs 28:2 · Heb 6:7 · Jas 5:183×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineActs 14:171×
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