Lexical Definition

‎βρέχω‎ bréchō (brekh'-o) to rain down ^G:V
a primary verb

(send) rain, wash.

• to moisten (especially by a shower)

Abbott-Smith

βρέχω, [in LXX chiefly for מטר;]

1. to wet: Lk 7:38, 44.
2. In late Gk. writers and vernac. = ὕειν, to send rain, to rain (Kennedy, Sources, 39, 155): Mt 5:45; trop., β. πῦρ κ. θεῖον, Lk 17:29; impers., βρέχει, it rains: Ja 5:17; with ὐετός as subj., Re 11:6.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

βρέχω,

future -ξω[LXX+2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἔβρεξα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future βρᾰχήσομαι [LXX]: aorist ἐβρέχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐβράχην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect βέβρεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] 47:—wet, of persons walking through water, τὸ γόνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; steep in water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. χρυσέαις νιφάδεσσι πόλιν shower wealth upon it, [LXX+5th c.BC+]:—passive, get wet, βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βρέχεσθαι ἐν ὕδατι to be bathed in sweat or drench themselves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβρεγμένος filled with water, opposed to διερός, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of sponges, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be rained upon, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially in Egypt of the inundation of the Nile, τὰ βρεχέντα πεδία [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ βεβρεγμένη (i.e. γῆ) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; γῆ οὐ βρεχομένη [LXX]:—but also intransitive in active, to be inundated, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] steeped, bathed in light, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of hard drinkers, μέθῃ βρεχθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβρεγμένος tipsy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II rain, send rain, [NT]; Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with accusative, ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν [LXX]; θεῖον[LXX+NT]; ἄρτους [LXX]
__II.2 impersonal, βρέχει it rains, [NT+5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Amos.4.7 ☩ LXX.Isa.34.3 ☩ LXX.Ps.6.7* ☩ LXX.Ezek.22.24 ☩ Matt.5.45 ☩ LXX.Exod.9.23 ☩ LXX.Gen.19.24 ☩ Luke.17.29 ☩ LXX.Exod.16.4 ☩ Jas.5.17 ☩ Rev.11.6}