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Strong's #3722 - ὄρθρος
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ὄρθρος, ὁ,
I the time just before or about daybreak, dawn, cock-crow (ἀπ' ὄρθρου μέχρι περ ἂν ἥλιος ἀνάσχῃ Pl. Lg. 951d), τάχα δ' ὄ. ἐγίγνετο δημιοεργός h.Merc. 98; ἐπειδὰν ὄ. ᾖ Ar. Ach. 256, cf. Av. 496, etc.; ὄρθρου at dawn, Hes. Op. 577, Sopat. 25, Aristopho 10; ὄρθρου γενομένου Hdt. 1.198; ἅμα ὄρθρῳ Id. 7.188, Th. 3.112, etc.; ἐς ὄρθρον Theoc. 18.56, cf. X. Cyn. 6.6; κατ' ὄρθρον Ar. V. 772; περὶ ὄρθρον Th. 6.101 (cf. περίορθρος); πρὸς ὄρθρον towards dawn, Ar. Lys. 1089; πρὸς ὄρθρον γ' ἐστίν Id. Ec. 20; ὑπ' ὄρθρον Batr. 103; ὑπὸ τὸν ὄ. D.C. 76.17; τὸν ὄ., abs., in the morning, Hdt. 4.181; δι' ὄρθρων each morning early, E. El. 909; ὄ. βαθύς dim morning twilight, ἀλλὰ νῦν ὄ. β. Ar. V. 216, cf. Pl. Cri. 43a, Theoc. 18.14; τῆς παρελθούσης νυκτὸς.., ἔτι βαθέος ὄ. Pl. Prt. 310a, cf. Luke 24:1.
II Ὄρθρος, ὁ, a mythical dog, son of Typhaon and Echidna, that kept the herds of Geryoneus on the island Erytheia, and was there killed by Heracles, Hes. Th. 309, cf. 293 (v.l. Ὄρθος).
ὄρθρος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H7837, H1242, etc.;]
daybreak, dawn: ὄρθρου βαθέως (M, Pr., 73), at early dawn, Luke 24:1; ὄρθρου , John 8:2; ὑπὸ τὸν ὄ ., Acts 5:21 (cf. MM, xviii).†
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in pass. = ";become old,"; as in Hebrews 8:13 : cf. Preisigke 5827.11 (B.C. 69) πεπαλαιῶσθαι with reference to a temple building. Preisigke Wörterbuch s.v. also cites Archiv ii. p. 441, No. 55.4 (ii/A.D.) τείχη β ̄ περιβόλου παλαιωθέντα. In Heb l.c. the verb on its two occurrences is sometimes understood transitively = ";abrogate"; : so Tin-dale ";he hath abrogat.";
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