Dawn
ὄρθροςStrong’s G3722orthros
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Orthros is the Greek word usually translated “dawn” and “early in the morning”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dawn” and “early in the morning”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dawn 2
- early in the morning 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- John 1
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
- Acts 5:21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Greek dictionary
ὄρθρος orthros · dawn
ὄρθρος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for שַׁחַר, בֹּקֶר, etc. ;] daybreak, dawn: ὄρθρου βαθέως (M, Pr., 73), at early dawn, Luk.24:1; ὄρθρου, Jhn.8:2; ὑπὸ τὸν ὄ., Act.5:21 (cf. MM, xviii).† (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
- To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
- To begin to open or expand; to begin to show intellectual light, or knowledge; as, the genius of the youth begins to dawn
- To glimmer obscurely.
- 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.
- First opening or expansion; first appearance of intellectual light; as the dawn of genius, intellect, or mental powers.
- Beginning; rise; first appearance; as the dawn of time.
- 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.