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Early morning

πρωΐαStrong’s G4405

prōia

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Prōia is the Greek word usually translated “as morning” and “when morning”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:”
Matthew 27:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “as morning” and “when morning”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • as morning 1
  • when morning 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • John 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

πρωΐα prōia · early morning

πρώιος (Rec. -ϊος), -α, -ον (πρωί), [in LXX for בֹּקֶר בַּ לַּ ;] at early morn, early; as subst., ἡ π. (sc. ὥρα, cf. ἡ ὥ. ἡ π., 3Ma.5:24), early morning: Mat.27:1, Jhn.21:4.† (AS)

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

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.