πρωΐprōḯ
at dawn; by implication, the day-break watch
Greek (New Testament) · G4404
Meanings
in the morning, early: Matthew 16:3 (R, text) Matthew 21:18, Mark 1:35, Mark 11:20, Mark 13:35, Mark 15:1, Mark 16:9, John 18:28, John 20:1; λίαν π., Mark 16:2; ἅμα π., Matthew 20:1; ἀπὸ π. (cf. ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν, Exodus 18:13), Acts 28:23.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 16:3 red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times!
- Matthew 20:1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
- Matthew 21:18 In the morning, as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry,
- Mark 1:35 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.
- Mark 11:20 The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots up.
- Mark 13:35 You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.