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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 - So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of heavy rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
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