Rainstorm
ὄμβροςStrong’s G3655ombros
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Ombros is the Greek word usually translated “shower”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shower”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a shower 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὄμβρος ombros · rainstorm
ὄμβρος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Deu.32:2 (שָׂעִיר), Wis.16:16, al. ;] a storm of rain, a shower: Luk.12:54.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHOWER, noun
One who shows or exhibits.
All definitions and other forms of “shower”
SHOW'ER, noun
[Qu. Heb. Ch. Ar. to be rough, to shudder.]
- A fall of rain or hail, a sort of duration.
- A fall of thing from the air in thick succession; as a shower of darts or arrows; a shower of stones.
- A copious supply bestowed; liberal distribution; as a great shower of gifts.
SHOW'ER, verb transitive
- To water with a shower; to wet copiously with rain; as, to shower the earth.
- To bestow liberally; to distribute or scatter in abundance.
- To be wet with falling water, as in the shower-bath.
SHOW'ER, verb intransitive
To rain with showers.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.