I rain, Democr. 14.8, LXX Psa 68:10(67).10, Mat 7:25, Ph. 1.48, Gp. 2.39.7.
II moistening, Dsc. 1.49, Philagr. ap. Orib. 5.32.1, Mnesith.ib. 8.35.11; steeping, in brewing, PTeb. 401.27 (i A. D.).
III
1. inundation of the Nile, in pl., POxy. 280.5 (i A. D.), Heph.Astr. 1.23.
2. irrigation, Thphr. HP 9.6.3, PPetr. 3p.119 (iii B. C.).
G1028 —
† βροχή , - ῆς , ἡ
( < βρέχω ),
[in LXX : Psa 68:9; Psa 105:32 (H1653) * ;]
1. = βροχετός , a wetting (in Papyri, of irrigation in Egypt; Deiss., LAE , 77).
2. As in MGr . ( Kennedy, Sources , 153), = ὑετός , rain: Mat 7:25; Mat 7:27. †