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G1032 βρύω (brýō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I cause to gush forth, send forth

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: a primary verb;

KJV Usage: send forth

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βρύω; 1. intransitive, to abound, gush forth, teem with juices ((akin to βλύω, φλύω; see Lob. Techn., p. 22f; Curtius, p. 531), cf. German Brust, Brühe); often so from Homer down (Iliad 17, 56 ἔρνος ἀνθει βρύει). 2. more rarely transitive, to send forth abundantly: absolutely to teem, ἡ γῆ βρύει, Xenophon, venat. 5, 12; with an accusative of flowers, fruits, χάριτες ῤόδα βρυουσι, Anacreon () 44, 2 (37, 2); to send forth water, Jas_3:11.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βρύω bryō 1x pr. to be full, to swell with anything; to emit, send forth, Jas_3:11

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* βρύω , poλt., 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: Jas_3:11 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βρύω [page 118] To the ordinary citations for this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Jas_3:11 ) may be added its occurrence quinquiens in the recently discovered poems of Bacchylides, e.g. III. 15 f. βρύει μὲν ἱερὰ βουθύτοις ἑορταῖς , βρύουσι φιλοξενίας ἀγυιαί , the temples are rife with festal sacrifice of oxen, the streets with hospitable feasting (Jebb). Herwerden Lex. s.v. cites also Timotheus Pers. 221 βρύων ἄνθεσιν ἥβας .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

βρύω [Etym: mostly in pres.] "to be full to bursting": c. dat. "to swell or teem with", βρύει ἄνθεϊ "teems" with bloom, Il. :—metaph., βρύων μελίτταις καὶ προβάτοις Ar. ; of men, θράσει βρύων Aesch. c. gen. "to be full of", βρύων δάφνης, ἐλαίας, ἀμπέλου Soph. : metaph., νόσου βρ. Aesch. absol. "to abound, grow luxuriantly", Soph. : of the earth, "to teem with produce", Xen. c. acc. cogn. "to send forth" water, NTest. (Akin to βλύω, βλύζω, and perh. to φλύω.)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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: Jas.3:11. † (AS)

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