Rain (Noun and Verb)
from huo, "to rain," is used especially, but not entirely, of "showers," and is found in Act 14:17, Act 28:2, Heb 6:7, Jam 5:7 (see EARLY and LATTER); Jam 5:18, Rev 11:6 (see B).
akin to B, below, lit., "a wetting," hence, "rain," is used in Mat 7:25, Mat 7:27. In the Sept., Psa 68:9, Psa 105:32. It is found in the papyri in connection with irrigation in Egypt (Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East). akin to A, No. 2, signifies (a) "to wet," Luk 7:38, Luk 7:44, RV (AV, to wash); (b) "to send rain," Mat 5:45; to rain, Luk 17:29 (of fire and brimstone); Jam 5:17, used impersonally (twice); Rev 11:6, where huetos (A, No. 1) is used as the subject, lit., "(that) rain rain (not)."
