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• ܒ݁ܟ݂ܺܝܪܳܝܳܐ
• ἅμα
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• אוֹר
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denotes "daybreak, dawn" (cp. Lat. orior, "to rise"). Used with the adverb batheos, "deeply," in Luke 24:1 , it means "at early dawn" (RV). In John 8:2 it is used in the genitive case, orthrou, "at dawn," i.e., "early in the morning." In Acts 5:21 , it is used with the article and preceded by the preposition hupo, "under, or about," lit., "about the dawn," "about daybreak," RV (for AV, "early in the morning.").

"early," akin to A., is a later form of orthrios. It is found, in the most authentic mss., in Luke 24:22 , of the women at the sepulchre, lit., "early ones" (some texts have the form orthrios, "at daybreak").

or proimos, a longer and later form of prois, pertaining to the "morning," is formed from pro, "before" (cp. protos, "first"), and used in James 5:7 , of the early rain.

"early in the day, at morn," is derived from pro, "before" (see B, No. 2, above). In Mark 16:2 , AV, it is translated "early in the morning;" in Mark 16:9; John 18:28; 20:1 , "early;" in Matthew 16:3; 20:1; 21:18; Mark 1:35; 11:20; 13:35; 15:1 , "in the morning;" in Acts 28:23 , "(from) morning." See MORNING.