What does ὑετός (hyetós) mean in the Bible?
ὑετός (hyetós) is a Greek word meaning "rain, especially a shower".
Greek · G5205
ὑετός
Rain, especially a shower
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ὑετός G5205
Pronunciation hyetós
What does ὑετός (hyetós) mean in the Bible?
ὑετός (hyetós) is a Greek word meaning "rain, especially a shower".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5205?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include rain (4), raining (1).
Where does ὑετός (hyetós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 14:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Hebrews (1), James (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It rain 4× Acts 14:17, Hebrews 6:7, James 5:18, Revelation 11:6
raining 1× Acts 28:2
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 14:17 ὑετοὺς to rain Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 28:2 ὑετὸν to raining Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Hebrews 6:7 ὑετόν to rain Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular James 5:18 ὑετὸν to rain Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Revelation 11:6 ὑετὸς to rain Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 14:17
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Acts 2 Hebrews 1 James 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
ὑετὸν 2x hyeton Acts 28:2, James 5:18
ὑετόν 1x hyeton Hebrews 6:7
ὑετὸς 1x hyetos Revelation 11:6
ὑετοὺς 1x hyetous Acts 14:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Acts 28:2, Hebrews 6:7, James 5:18
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 14:17
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 11:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. rain, especially a shower
Strong's G5205
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
rain, especially a shower
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 14:17 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ὑετοὺς uetouv
rain
Read verse Acts 28:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸν ueton
rain
Read verse Hebrews 6:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετόν, ueton
rain
Read verse James 5:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸν ueton
rain
Read verse James 5:18 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸν ueton
rain
Read verse Revelation 11:6 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ὑετὸς uetov
rain
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 11:6 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 28:2 · Heb 6:7 · Jas 5:18 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 14:17 1×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain