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Strong's #3721 - ὄρθριος
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- early
- rising at the first dawn or very early in the morning
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ὄρθριος, α, ον,
(ὄρθρος)
1. at daybreak, in the morning, early, mostly with Verbs of motion, so as to agree with the person, ἀφίκετο.. ὄρθριος h.Merc. 143; ὀρθρίη αὖθις ἔσειμι Thgn. 863; ὄρθριος παρεῖναι, ἥκειν, Ar. Ec. 283, Pl. Prt. 313b; ἤλουν ὄρθριαι τὰ σιτία Pherecr. 10.
2. generally, of the morning, πόλτος Epich. 23; διὰ τὸν ὄ. νόμον the morning song, as parody of ὄρθιον, Ar. Ec. 741; ὄρθριον ᾆσαι (sc. ᾆσμα), of the cock, Id. Av. 489; δεῖ ὄρθριον εἶναι τὸν σύλλογον Pl. Lg. 961b; τὸ ὄ. as Adv., in the morning, early, Hdt. 2.173, Luc. Gall. 1; or ὄρθριον Ar. Ec. 377, 526: irreg. Comp. and Sup. ὀρθριαίτερος, -αίτατος, Hdn. Epim. 166; also ὀρθρίτερον as Adv., earlier, UPZ 62.19 (ii B. C.), BGU 1201.4 (i A. D.).
ὄρθριος, ὀρθρια, ὀρθριον (from ὄρθρος, which see; cf. ὄψιος πρώιος), early; rising at the first dawn or very early in the morning: Luke 24:22 R G (Job 29:7; 3Macc. 5:10, 23). Cf. the preceding word. (Homer (h. Merc. 143), Theognis, others.)
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ὄρθριος , -α , -ον
(< ὄρθρος ),
[in LXX: 1 Samuel 28:14, Job 29:7; Job 29:1-25 :3Ma_5:10; 3 Maccabees 5:23*;]
early, in the early morning: Luke 24:22, Rec. (see ὀρθρινός ).†
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