Strong's Lexicon
G4404 — πρωΐ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4404 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρωΐ |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | adverb from G4253 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | proi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prow-ee"' |
| Meaning: | 1. at dawn 2. (by implication) the day-break watch |
| KJV Renderings: | early (in the morning), (in the) morning |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 áÉÌ÷Æø, 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.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρωΐ (early (in the morning))
Matthew 16:3
- KJV: And in the morning foul weather to day for the sky is red and lowring hypocrites ye can discern the face of the sky but can ye not the signs of the times
- GK: και πρωϊ σήμερον χειμών πυρράζει γαρ στυγνάζων ο ουρανός υποκριταί το μεν πρόσωπον του ουρανού γινώσκετε διακρίνειν τα δε σημεία των καιρών ου δύνασθε
Matthew 20:1
- KJV: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man an householder which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard
- GK: ομοία γαρ εστιν η βασιλεία των ουρανών ανθρώπω οικοδεσπότη όστις εξήλθεν άμα πρωϊ μισθώσασθαι εργάτας εις τον αμπελώνα αυτού
Mark 1:35
- KJV: And in the morning rising up a great while before day he went out and departed into a solitary place and there prayed
- GK: και πρωϊ έννυχον λίαν αναστάς εξήλθε και απήλθεν εις έρημον τόπον κακεί προσηύχετο
Mark 11:20
- KJV: And in the morning as they passed by they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots
- GK: και πρωϊ παραπορευόμενοι είδον την συκήν εξηραμμένην εκ ριζών
Mark 13:35
- KJV: Watch ye therefore for ye know not when the master of the house cometh at even or at midnight or at the cockcrowing or in the morning
- GK: γρηγορείτε ούν ουκ οίδατε γαρ πότε ο κύριος της οικίας έρχεται οψέ η μεσονυκτίου η αλεκτοροφωνίας η πρωί
Mark 15:1
- KJV: And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council and bound Jesus and carried away and delivered to Pilate
- GK: και ευθέως επί το πρωϊι συμβούλιον ποιήσαντες οι αρχιερείς μετά των πρεσβυτέρων και γραμματέων και όλον το συνέδριον δήσαντες τον Ιησούν απήνεγκαν και παρέδωκαν τω Πιλάτω
Mark 16:2
- KJV: And very early in the morning the first of the week they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun
- GK: και λίαν πρωϊ της μιάς σαββάτων έρχονται επί το μνημείον ανατείλαντος του ηλίου
Mark 16:9
- KJV: Now when was risen early the first of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast seven devils
- GK: αναστάς δε πρωϊ πρώτη σαββάτου εφάνη πρώτον Μαρία τη Μαγδαληνή αφ΄ ης εκβεβλήκει επτά δαιμόνια
John 20:1
- KJV: The first of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early when it was yet dark unto the sepulchre and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre
- GK: τη δε μιά των σαββάτων Μαρία η Μαγδαληνή έρχεται πρωϊ σκοτίας έτι ούσης εις το μνημείον και βλέπει τον λίθον ηρμένον εκ του μνημείου
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