πρωΐ

πρωΐ — prōḯ

πρωΐ´ (WH πρωι< (cf. Iota, at the end)) (Attic πρώ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 5, 4 d.)), adverb (from πρό), from Homer down, the Sept. often for בֹּקֶר, in the morning, early (opposed to ὀψέ): Joh 18:28 G L T Tr WH; Mat 16:3 (opposed here to ὀψίας γενομένης (but T brackets; WH reject the passage)); (Mat 21:18 T Tr text WH); Mar 1:35; Mar 11:20; Mar 16:9; (πρωι<, σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης, Joh 20:1); λίαν πρωι<, followed (in R G) by a genitive of the day (cf. Kühner, § 414, 5 c. β'. ii., p. 292), Mar 16:2; ἅμα πρωι<, Mat 20:1; ἐπί τό πρωι<, Mar 15:1 (R G); ἀπό πρωι< ἕως ἑσπέρας, Act 28:23. Used specifically of the fourth watch of the night, i. e. the time from 3 o'clock in the morning until 6, according to our reckoning ((cf. B. D. under the word )), Mar 13:35.