πρώϊμος
prṓïmos · G4406 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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early rain, autumn rain
A rain occurring early in the autumn, September or October, in contrast with normal rains occurring in the middle of the winter season
ExamplesJames 5:7 Therefore be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
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Contrasting words 1 word
- ὄψιμος ópsimos · G3797 · late rain, spring rain
- The lexical opposite in the temporal rain-season terminology: πρώϊμος designates the early/autumn rain at the beginning of the rainy season, while ὄψιμος designates the late/spring rain at the end; these form a standard lexical pair in agricultural contexts (cf. James 5:7)
In the other Testament 1 word
- יוֹרֶה yôwreh · H3138 · archer, early rain, autumn rain
- The standard Hebrew term for the early/autumn rain that begins the agricultural year in Palestine, the direct translation equivalent of πρώϊμος when used in its meteorological sense (as in James 5:7)
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Early rain, autumn rain14.14
- The adjective, used substantivally, names the early or autumn rain a farmer waits for before harvest. James' teaching on patience uses this term: “The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it until it gets the early and late rains” (James 5:7).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon see πρώϊμος. G4406 — πρώϊμος (for the more common πρώιος; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 52), T…
G4406 — πρώϊμος
(for the more common πρώιος; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 52), T Tr WH πρόϊμος (so also the Sinaiticus manuscript; (see WH's Appendix, p. 152)), πρωιμη, πρώϊμον (πρωιearly: ὑετός, the early rain (Hebrew יורֶה, Deut 11:14; Jer 5:24), which fell from October on ((cf. B. D. under the word )), Jas 5:7 (L T Tr WH omit ὑετόν; cf. Winers Grammar, 592 (550); B. 82 (72)). (Xenophon, oec. 17, 4; Geoponica, others.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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