Lexicon
ὀρθρίζω
orthrizō
G3719
G:V Greek

to rise at dawn

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orthrizo describes people rising early to come and hear him in the sacred place.

The sole attested use describes people repeatedly rising early in order to come to him in the sacred place and hear him.

Senses in use

  1. Rising early to come and listen · dominant

    In Luke 21:38, the imperfect active indicative form describes the people's repeated early rising as they came to him in the sacred place to hear him; the APB renders the clause, "all the people would rise early to come to him."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 21:38, the APB presents the action as "would rise early" before the people come to hear him. This rendering confirms the verse's overall action rather than isolating every element of the Greek form.

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