UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: rainstorm, thunderstorm

Semantic entry: 14.12

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Rain

Definition: a heavy rain, either in length of occurrence or in force, as in the case of a thunderstorm (thus differing from ὑετός [source selector 000001][b], βροχή and βρέχω[a] in 14.10: βρέχω / 14.10: βροχή / 14.10: ὑετός)

Notes: In some languages a rainstorm is simply ‘a rain with wind,’ but it may also be expressed as ‘rain that hurts’ or ‘rain that floods.’