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Lexicon :: Strong's G5494 - cheimōn

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χειμών
Transliteration
cheimōn (Key)
Pronunciation
khi-mone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of cheo (to pour, akin to the base of χάσμα (G5490) through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain)
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Strong’s Definitions

χειμών cheimṓn, khi-mone'; from a derivative of χέω chéō (to pour; akin to the base of G5490 through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain); by implication, the rainy season, i.e. winter:—tempest, foul weather, winter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G5494 in the following manner: winter (4x), tempest (1x), foul weather (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G5494 in the following manner: winter (4x), tempest (1x), foul weather (1x).

  1. winter

    1. stormy or rainy weather, a tempest

    2. winter, the winter season

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χειμών cheimṓn, khi-mone'; from a derivative of χέω chéō (to pour; akin to the base of G5490 through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain); by implication, the rainy season, i.e. winter:—tempest, foul weather, winter.
STRONGS G5494:
χειμών, χειμῶνος, ὁ (χεῖμα, and this from χέω on account of the 'pouring' rains; (others connect it with χι-ων, snow, frost (cf. Latin hiems, etc.); see Curtius, § 194; Liddell and Scott, under the word χιών, at the end)), winter;
a. stormy or rainy weather, a tempest (so from Homer down): Matthew 16:3 (Tdf. brackets WH reject the passage); Acts 27:20.
b. winter, the winter season (so from Thucydides and Aristophanes down): John 10:22; 2 Timothy 4:21; χειμῶνος, in winter (-time), in the winter (Plato, de rep. 3, p. 415 e.; Xenophon, mem. 3, 8, 9; others (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26)), Matthew 24:20; Mark 13:18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
16:3; 24:20
Mark
13:18
John
10:22
Acts
27:20
2 Timothy
4:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5494 matches the Greek χειμών (cheimōn),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - for behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.
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