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G1032 βρύω (brýō)
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Quick Definition

βρύω v. I cause to gush forth, send forth

Strong's Definition

a primary verb; to swell out, i.e. (by implication) to gush

KJV Usage: send forth

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb

14.31 · Physical Events and States · Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses

to cause to pour out, to cause to gush out to cause a forceful and abundant supply of a liquid This flow from a spring may be referred to in some languages as ‘to cause to come out’ or ‘to cause to flow out.’

JAS 3:11

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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, poët., late prose and vernac., to be full to bursting; of the earth producing vegetation.

Of plants putting forth buds.

Of springs, to gush with water: Ja 3:11.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βρύω (bruō) — to pour. βρύω [ῠ], mostly present: imperfect, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: aorist participle βρύσας [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—to be full to bursting:

1. with dative, swell or teem with, especially of plants, ἔρνος.. βρύει ἄνθεϊ λευκῷ swells with white bloom, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἰούλῳ, θριξί, κόμαις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men, β. δόξᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. with genitive, to be full of, χῶρος.. βρύων δάφνης ἐλαίας ἀμπέλου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στεφάνων δόμος ἔβρυεν probable reading in [Refs 6th c.BC+]

3. absolutely, abound, grow luxuriantly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the earth, teem with produce, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of water, burst forth, ὕδωρ βρύσαν ἐξ ὑπονόμων [Refs 6th c.AD+]

4. with accusative cognate, burst forth with, gush with, γλυκύ, πικρὸν [ὕδωρ] [NT+2nd c.AD+]

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