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Dawn

ὀρθρινόςStrong’s G3720

orthrinos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Orthrinos is the Greek word usually translated “at dawn”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;”
Luke 24:22 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “at dawn”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • at dawn 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

    ὀρθρινός orthrinos · dawn

    ὀρθρινός, -ή, -όν (ὄρθρος), [in LXX: Hos.6:4 13:3 (שָׁכַם hi.), Hag.2:14, Wis.11:22 * ;] late form of ὄρθριος (which see), early: Luk.24:22.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “dawn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DAWN, verb intransitive

    1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
    2. To begin to open or expand; to begin to show intellectual light, or knowledge; as, the genius of the youth begins to dawn
    3. To glimmer obscurely.
    4. To begin to open or appear.
    All definitions and other forms of “dawn”

      DAWN, noun

      1. The break of day; the first appearance of light, in the morning.

      1. First opening or expansion; first appearance of intellectual light; as the dawn of genius, intellect, or mental powers.
      2. Beginning; rise; first appearance; as the dawn of time.
      3. A feeble or incipient light; first beams.

      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.