noun · feminine

brochas

Greekβροχή (brochē)

Strong’sG1028

a heavy rain

stem broch-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

rain2×

What it means

βροχή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< βρέχω), [in LXX: Ps 67 (68):9, 104 (105):32 (גֶּשֶׁם)*;]

1. = βροχετός, a wetting (in π., of irrigation in Egypt; Deiss., LAE, 77).

2. As in MGr. (Kennedy, Sources, 153), = ὑετός, rain: Mt 7:25, 27.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1028 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbrokh-ay'

rain

Fromfrom G1026;

King Jamesrain.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	brochas2×βροχὴ	brochais
object accusative	brochan	brochain
direct address vocative	brochar	brochair
of, belonging to genitive	brochau	brochaiu
to, for dative	brocha	brochai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

brochstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

brocha is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

brochos — βρόχος, a noose or snare

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

brochas“rain”subjectnominative singular2×

Matthew 7:25“rain”kai katabainata tas brochas kai erchala tois potamois kai pnala tois anemois kai prospiptala ta oikia ekeina, kai ouk piptata, themeliitelē gar epi tan petran.The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

Matthew 7:27“rain”kai katabainata tas brochas kai erchala tois potamois kai pnala tois anemois kai proskoptala ta oikia ekeina, kai piptata, kai ate tas ptōsias autau megas.The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell— and great was its collapse!”