Quick Definition
early in the morning
Strong's Definition
in the dawn, i.e. up at day-break
Derivation: from G3722 (ὄρθρος);
KJV Usage: early
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄρθριος, ὀρθρια, ὀρθριον (from ὄρθρος, which see; cf. ὄψιος πρώιος), early; rising at the first dawn or very early in the morning: Luk_24:22 R G (Job_29:7; 3Ma_5:10; 3Ma_5:23). Cf. the preceding word. (Homer (h. Merc. 143), Theognis, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὄρθριος , -α , -ον
( < ὄρθρος ),
[in LXX : 1Sa_28:14 , Job_29:7 ; Job_29:1-25 :3Ma_5:10 ; 3Ma_5:23 * ;]
early, in the early morning: Luk_24:22 , Rec. ( see ὀρθρινός ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὄρθριος [page 457]
For this adj. = belonging to the morning, early, which is read in the TR of Luk_24:22 , cf. BGU IV. 1208 .25 (B.C. 27 6) ἵνα δὲ εἰδῇς τὸ ὄρθριον τοῦ ἀνθρώ (που ), πέπομφά σοι ἣν τέθειται μίσθωσιν , where the editor suggests that τὸ ὄρθριον = his morning greeting, his first deed. The comparative is seen in P Par 49 .20 (B.C. 164 158) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 70) καὶ ἀπέλυσα εἴπας αὐτῶι ὀρθρίτερον ἐλθεῖν , BGU IV. 1201 .4 (A.D. 2) ὁ̣̓ρ̣θ̣ρ̣ι̣τερον τ̣ῆ̣ς̣ . . . [το ]υ̣̑ ἐν [ε ]στῶτος μηνὸς Παῦνει , and P Strass I. 37 .14 (iii/A.D.) ὀρθρέτερον ο̣ὖν [. . .], recht bald nun. . . (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὄρθριος ὄρθριος, η, ον [Etym: ὄρθρος] "at day-break, in the morning, early", mostly with Verbs of motion, so as to agree with the person, ἀφίκετο ὄρθριος Hhymn. ; ὄρθριος ἥκειν Plat. ; also, ὄρθριον ᾁδειν (sc. ᾆσμα), of the cock, Ar. :— τὸ ὄρθριον as adv., "in the morning, early", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὄρθριος, -α, -ον
(ὄρθρος), [in LXX: 1Ki.28:14, Job.29:7, 1-25; 3Ma.5:10 3Mac 5:23 * ;]
early, in the early morning: Luk.24:22, Rec. (see: ὀρθρινός).†
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