πρωΐ´ (WH πρωι< (cf. Iota, at the end)) (Attic πρώ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 5, 4 d.)), adverb (from πρό), from Homer down, the Sept. often for αΙΜχΖψ, in the morning, early (opposed to ὀψέ): Joh_18:28 G L T Tr WH; Mat_16:3 (opposed here to ὀψίας γενομένης (but T brackets; WH reject the passage)); (Mat_21:18 T Tr text WH); Mar_1:35; Mar_11:20; Mar_16:9; (πρωι<, σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης, Joh_20:1); λίαν πρωι<, followed (in R G) by a genitive of the day (cf. Kühner, § 414, 5 c. β'. ii., p. 292), Mar_16:2; ἅμα πρωι<, Mat_20:1; ἐπί τό πρωι<, Mar_15:1 (R G); ἀπό πρωι< ἕως ἑσπέρας, Act_28:23. Used specifically of the fourth watch of the night, i. e. the time from 3 o'clock in the morning until 6, according to our reckoning ((cf. B. D. under the word )), Mar_13:35.

πρωί prōi 12x in the morning, early, Mat_16:3 ; Mat_20:1 ; Mar_15:1 ; Act_28:23 ; the morning watch, which ushers in the dawn, Mar_13:35 dawn; early; morning.

πρωί ( Rec. πρωΐ ), adv. ( < πρό ), [in LXX chiefly for H1242 ;] in the morning, early: Mat_16:3 ( R , txt .) Mat_21:18 , Mar_1:35 ; Mar_11:20 ; Mar_13:35 ; Mar_15:1 , Joh_18:28 ; Joh_20:1 ; λίαν Papyri, Mar_16:2 ; ἅμα Papyri, Mat_20:1 ; ἀπὸ Papyri ( cf. ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν , Exo_18:13 ), Act_28:23 .†

πρωΐ [page 556] early, in the morning : cf. P Petr III. 42 H (8f.) .6 (B.C. 250) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 15) οἱ πρωῒ παραγενόμενοι , P Par 35 .17 (B.C. 163) (= UPZ i. p. 130) ἐπιστρέψας πρωΐ , and ib . 37 i. 20 (B.C. 163) (= UPZ i. p. 128) πρωεί . The adverbial τὸ πρωΐ , which is common in the LXX ( Gen_40:6 al .) and is used in MGr, is found in PSI IV. 402 .10 (iii/B.C.) καὶ γὰρ τὸ πρωὶ εὐθέως παρακάθ̣η̣νται τῆι φακῆι πωλοῦντες τὰς κολυκύνθας . For πρώην ( sc . ἡμέραν ) see PSI IV. 352 .5 (B.C. 254 3) πρώην ἐν τῆι ἀπεγδόσει τῶν ἔργων , P Par 26 .25 (B.C. 163) (= Selections , p. 16) ἀναβάντι πρώην εἰς τὸ ἱερόν , P Amh II. 66 .39 (A.D. 124) πρώην οὐδὲν ἀπέδειξας , the other day you proved nothing (Edd.), P Oxy I. 59 .8 (A.D. 292) τοῦ πρώην αἱρεθέντος Θεοδώρου ἀντὶ Ἀρείονος , Theodore who was recently chosen in place of Arion, ib . VIII. 1104 .9 (A.D. 306) ἀκολ [ούθως ] οἷς πρώην ἀναδέδωκά σοι γράμμασιν , in accordance with the letters recently handed to you. Other exx. are Chrest . I. 122 .6 (A.D. 6) πρό (= ώ )ην , Preisigke 6 .9 (A.D. 216), and P Oxy IX. 1204 .18 (A.D. 299) : cf. also BGU I. 303 .12 (A.D 586) ἀρούρας , ὅσας ἐὰν ὦσιν , ἃς καὶ ἐκ πρώην εἶχον .

πρωί [Etym: πρό] "early in the day, early, at morn", Il. ; c. gen., πρωὶ ἔτι τῆς ἡμέρης Hdt. ; ἑκάστης ἡμέρας τὸ πρῷ Xen. ; πρῷ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ "early" next morning, id=Xen. ; ἅμα πρωί, ἀπὸ πρωί NTest. generally, "betimes, early, in good time", Lat. mature, tempestive, Hes. , Ar. , etc.; c. gen., πρῲ τῆς ὥρας Thuc. = πρὸ καιροῦ, "too soon, too early", πρῷ γε στενάζεις Aesch. ; πρῲ ἐσβαλόντες, καὶ τοῦ σίτου ἔτι χλωροῦ ὄντος Thuc. —πρωί takes its degrees of comparison from its deriv. adj. πρώιος, comp. πρωιαίτερον, Sup. πρωιαίτατα, attic πρῳαίτερον, πρῳαίτατα, Thuc. , etc.

πρωί (Rec. πρωΐ), adv. (πρό), [in LXX chiefly for בֹּקֶר ;] in the morning, early: Mat.16:3 (R, txt.) Mat.21:18, Mrk.1:35 11:20 13:35 15:1, Jhn.18:28 20:1; λίαν π., Mrk.16:2; ἅμα π., Mat.20:1; ἀπὸ π. (cf. ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν, Exo.18:13), Act.28:23.† (AS)