Quick Definition
βροχή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a heavy rain
Strong's Definition
rain
Derivation: from G1026 (βρέχω);
KJV Usage: rain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | βρέχω
14.10 · Physical Events and States · Rain
rain, to rain rain, whether light or torrential Though most languages have a general term for rain, the event of raining is more frequently referred to by a verb rather than by a noun, since rain is something which takes place and is not regarded as a thing or mass, unless, of course, one is referring to the water which comes down as rain, that is to say, ‘rain water’ (see 2.10). In some languages the event of raining is generally expressed idiomatically as ‘God is urinating.’ This might appear unduly crude and anthropomorphic, but to the speakers of such a language the expression is often quite acceptable and has no undesirable connotations.
Though in English one may use an impersonal subject with the verb ‘to rain,’ for example, ‘it is raining,’ many languages require some kind of personal agent, for example, ‘God is raining,’ or an impersonal agent such as ‘the sky is raining’ or ‘the clouds are raining.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βροχή, -ῆς, ἡ. (βρέχω, 4. V-), a later Grk. word (ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 291), a besprinkling, watering, rain: used of a heavy shower or violent rainstorm, Mt. vii. 25, 27; Ps. Ixvii. (Ixviii.) 10; civ. (ev.) 32, for DW.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βροχή brochē 2x
rain, Mt. 7:25, 27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βροχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< βρέχω), [in LXX: Ps 67 (68):9, 104 (105):32 (גֶּשֶׁם)* ;]
= βροχετός, a wetting (in π., of irrigation in Egypt; Deiss., LAE, 77).
As in MGr. (Kennedy, Sources, 153), = ὑετός, rain: Mt 7:25, 27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βροχή (brochē) — rain. βροχή, ἡ, (βρέχω) rain, [NT+1st c.AD+]
II. moistening, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; steeping, in brewing, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. inundation of the Nile, in plural, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.2. irrigation, [Refs 4th c.BC+]