to rain down

Greek Verb

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)

to rain down

Greek Verb

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+]

Greek

Verb

to moisten (especially by a shower); (send) rain, wash; a primary verb