Lexical Definition

‎βρύω‎ brýō (broo'-o) to pour ^G:V
a primary verb

send forth.

• to swell out, i.e. (by implication) to gush

Abbott-Smith

* βρύω, poët., late prose and vernac.,
to be full to bursting;
1. of the earth producing vegetation.
2. Of plants putting forth buds.
3. Of springs, to gush with water: Ja 3:11.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

βρύω [ῠ],

mostly present: imperfect, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: aorist participle βρύσας [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—to be full to bursting:

__1 with dative, swell or teem with, especially of plants, ἔρνος.. βρύει ἄνθεϊ λευκῷ swells with white bloom, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἰούλῳ, θριξί, κόμαις, [βρύων μελίτταις καὶ προβάτοις κτλ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 45 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men, β. δόξᾳ [βρύων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 169 (Lyric poetry); ἀγαθοῖσι βρύοις [prev. author] “Supp.” 966 (\_anapaest meter\_); μαντικῇ β. τέχνῃ [prev. author] “fragment” 350.6; ἄλλων ἰατρὸς αὐτὸς ἕλκεσι βρύων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1086; β. ἄνθεσιν ἥβας 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 221; βρύουσαν ἀοιδὰν σοφίᾳ “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 20.4; ἐμπόριον πλούτῳ βρύον 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.71d. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with genitive, to be full of, χῶρος.. βρύων δάφνης ἐλαίας ἀμπέλου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στεφάνων δόμος ἔβρυεν probable reading in [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, abound, grow luxuriantly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the earth, teem with produce, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of water, burst forth, ὕδωρ βρύσαν ἐξ ὑπονόμων [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__4 with accusative cognate, burst forth with, gush with, γλυκύ, πικρὸν [ὕδωρ] [NT+2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Jas.3.11}