G1026

βρέχω

brechōG:V

to rain down

βρέχω, [in LXX chiefly for מטר ;] __1. to wet: Luk.7:38, 44. __2. In late Gk. writers and vernac. = ὕειν, to send rain, to rain (Kennedy, Sources, 39, 155): Mat.5:45; trop., β. πῦρ κ. θεῖον, Luk.17:29; impers., βρέχει, it rains: Jas.5:17; with ὐετός as subj., Rev.11:6. † (AS)

The KJV translates G1026 in the following manner:

rain (6x), rained (4x), might (2x), wash (2x), washed (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

βρέχω — bréchō

βρέχω; 1 aorist ἐβρεξα; from Pindar and Herodotus down;

1. to moisten, wet, water: Luk 7:38 (τούς πόδας... δάκρυσιν, cf. Psa 6:7),44.

2. in later writings (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 291 (Winers Grammar, 23)) to water with rain (Polybius 16, 12, 3), to cause to rain, to pour the rain, spoken of God: ἐπί τινα, Mat 5:45; to send down like rain: κύριος ἔβρεξε θεῖον καί πῦρ, Gen 19:24; χάλαζαν, Exo 9:23; (μάννα, Psalm 77:24 ); impersonally, βρέχει it rains (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 58, 9 b. β.): Jas 5:17; with added accusative, πῦρ καί θεῖον, Luk 17:29; with added subject, ὑετός, Rev 11:6.

6 occurrences

Matthew (1), Luke (3), James (1), Revelation of John (1)