noun · masculine
orthros
Greekὄρθρος (orthros)
Strong’sG3722
early dawn, day-break
stem orthr-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὄρθρος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for שַׁחַר, בֹּקֶר, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3722 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidor'-thros
dawn (as sun-rise, rising of light); by extension, morn
Fromfrom the same as G3735;
King Jamesearly in the morning.
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 | orthros | orthrois |
| object accusative | orthron1×ὄρθρον | orthroin |
| direct address vocative | orthror | orthroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | orthrou2×ὄρθρου | orthroiu |
| to, for dative | orthro | orthroi |
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
orthro 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
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
orthron“daybreak”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 5:21“daybreak”akouaratois de eiserchala hupo ton orthron eis tem hierem kai didaskale. Paragineratos de tos archierevos kai tois sun auto sunkalala tem sunedriem kai pantan tan gerousian toiu huioiu Israēl, kai apostelala eis tem desmōtēriem agira autoin.At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin— the full assembly of the elders of Israel— and sent to the jail for the apostles.
orthrou“early in the morning”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 24:1“very early in the morning”ta de hena teiu sabbateiu orthrou bathuou epi tem mnēmem erchala ferarōtais heim hetoimazala arōmeim.On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
John 8:2“early in the morning”Orthrou de palin paragineta eis tem hierem, kai pantos tos laos archete kai kathizaratos didaskate autoin.Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.