"to wet, moisten, Lk. 7:38; to rain, cause or send rain, Mt. 5:45; Lk. 17:29"
Definition and meaning
to wet, moisten, Lk. 7:38; to rain, cause or send rain, Mt. 5:45; Lk. 17:29
In the original Greek the word is written: βρέχω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of brecho (G1026) across the King James Bible.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
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Common questions
Strong's G1026 (brecho) is a Greek word that means: to wet, moisten, Lk. 7:38; to rain, cause or send rain, Mt. 5:45; Lk. 17:29 It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word brecho (G1026) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1026 is brecho, a Greek word defined as: to wet, moisten, Lk. 7:38; to rain, cause or send rain, Mt. 5:45; Lk. 17:29. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
brecho is a Greek word found in the New Testament.