Word Summary
orthrizō: to rise early
Original Word: ὀρθρίζωTransliteration: orthrizō
Phonetic Spelling: (or-thrid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rise early
Meaning: to rise early
Strong's Concordance
come early in the morning.
From orthros; to use the dawn, i.e. (by implication) to repair betimes -- come early in the morning.
see GREEK orthros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3719: ὀρθρίζωὀρθρίζω: 3 person singular imperfect
ὤρθριζεν; (
ὄρθρος); not found in secular authors ((cf.
Winers Grammar, 26; 33; 91 (87));
Moeris (p. 272, Pierson edition)
ὀρθρευει ἀττικως,
ὀρθρίζει ἑλληνικως); the
Sept. often for
הִשְׁכִּים; (cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 4:52 and on Wis. 6:14);
to rise early in the morning:
πρός τινα, to rise early in the morning in order to betake oneself to one, to resort to one early in the morning, (
Vulg.manicoadaliquem),
Luke 21:38, where see Meyer.