Strong G5492χειμάζω
be storm-tossed
- Transliteration
- cheimazō
- Pronunciation
- khi-mad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the same as G5494; to storm that is (passively) to labor under a gale: - to tossed with tempest.
Detailed definition
χειμάζω
(χεῖμα, winter cold) [in LXX: Pro.26:10 (†) *;]
1. to expose to winter cold, go into winter quarters.
2. to drive with storm; pass., to be driven with storm, tempest-tossed: Act.27:18.†
(AS)
(χεῖμα, winter cold) [in LXX: Pro.26:10 (†) *;]
1. to expose to winter cold, go into winter quarters.
2. to drive with storm; pass., to be driven with storm, tempest-tossed: Act.27:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5492 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tempest1
First verses
- Acts 27:18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χειμ-άζω
(future -άσω[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 38))]:—transitive, expose to the winter cold: found only in passive, to be exposed thereto, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.68)]; pass the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 503; ὅπως χειμασθῇ καὶ ἡλιωθῇ ἡ γῆ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.20.7)]; of trees, live through the winter, χειμασθέντα [δένδρα] [Refs ([prev. author] “HP” 4.14.1; χειμασθῆναι χειμῶσι ὡραίοις καὶ καλοῖς [prev. author] “CP” 2.1.2.)]
2 intransitive, pass the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1097 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.54, etc.)]: of armies, go into winter quarters, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.133, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.15, 3.2.1, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.18.1, etc.)]
II raise a storm or tempest, θεοῦ τοιαῦτα χειμάζοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1504; ὅταν χειμάζῃ ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.16, compare “IG” 7.4255.5 (Orop.); χειμάσει [ἡ νεφέλη] ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.195d)]: impersonal, ἐχείμαζε ἡμέρας τρεῖς the storm continued, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.191)]; χειμάσει there will be stormy weather, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Sign.” [prev. cited])]
III with accusative, drive forth or away, of a storm, ἔξω χ. [τοὺς μύας] [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 174.7)]:—passive, to be driven by a storm, overtaken by it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, 3.69, +others; χειμασθεὶς ἀνέμῳ [prev. author] 8.99; ἐν θαλάττῃ χειμαζομένου πλοίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 540b, etc.)]
III.2 metaphorically, toss like a storm, distress, τόδ᾽ αἷμα χ. πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 101; τὴν σάρκα τὸ παρὸν μόνον χειμάζειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 452)]: also, annoy, vex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 331, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 208, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.61 O., “POsl.” 48.8 (1st c.AD))]; σφὴξ τοῖς κέντροις πλήσσων ἐχείμαζε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 393)]:—passive, to be tempest-tossed, distressed, especially of the state considered as a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 269, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 361; δόμων ὄλβος χειμάζεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 966)]; also of single persons, κατὰ θάλασσαν χειμασθεῖσαι (as example of a ψυχικὸν πάθος) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 3.84)]; suffer grievously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 563 (_anapaest meter_), 838, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1460 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273d; ἰσχὺς ἐν νόσῳ χειμάζεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 267; ταῖς σαῖς ἀπειλαῖς αἷς ἐχειμάσθην [prev. author] “Ant.” 391; ἄλλῃ δ᾽ ἐν τύχῃ χ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 315; χειμαζόμεθα.. ὑπ᾽ ἀπορίας ἐν τοῖς νῦν λόγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 29b, compare “La.” 194c; ὑπό τινων “PSI” 4.349.4 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐν στρατείαις ἢ νόσοις ἢ ἐν θαλάττῃ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170a)]; of feverish patients, χειμάζονται μάλιστα πεμπταῖοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 24.)]
(future -άσω[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 38))]:—transitive, expose to the winter cold: found only in passive, to be exposed thereto, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.68)]; pass the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 503; ὅπως χειμασθῇ καὶ ἡλιωθῇ ἡ γῆ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.20.7)]; of trees, live through the winter, χειμασθέντα [δένδρα] [Refs ([prev. author] “HP” 4.14.1; χειμασθῆναι χειμῶσι ὡραίοις καὶ καλοῖς [prev. author] “CP” 2.1.2.)]
2 intransitive, pass the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1097 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.54, etc.)]: of armies, go into winter quarters, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.133, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.15, 3.2.1, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.18.1, etc.)]
II raise a storm or tempest, θεοῦ τοιαῦτα χειμάζοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1504; ὅταν χειμάζῃ ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.16, compare “IG” 7.4255.5 (Orop.); χειμάσει [ἡ νεφέλη] ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.195d)]: impersonal, ἐχείμαζε ἡμέρας τρεῖς the storm continued, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.191)]; χειμάσει there will be stormy weather, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Sign.” [prev. cited])]
III with accusative, drive forth or away, of a storm, ἔξω χ. [τοὺς μύας] [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 174.7)]:—passive, to be driven by a storm, overtaken by it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, 3.69, +others; χειμασθεὶς ἀνέμῳ [prev. author] 8.99; ἐν θαλάττῃ χειμαζομένου πλοίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 540b, etc.)]
III.2 metaphorically, toss like a storm, distress, τόδ᾽ αἷμα χ. πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 101; τὴν σάρκα τὸ παρὸν μόνον χειμάζειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 452)]: also, annoy, vex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 331, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 208, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.61 O., “POsl.” 48.8 (1st c.AD))]; σφὴξ τοῖς κέντροις πλήσσων ἐχείμαζε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 393)]:—passive, to be tempest-tossed, distressed, especially of the state considered as a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 269, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 361; δόμων ὄλβος χειμάζεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 966)]; also of single persons, κατὰ θάλασσαν χειμασθεῖσαι (as example of a ψυχικὸν πάθος) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 3.84)]; suffer grievously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 563 (_anapaest meter_), 838, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1460 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273d; ἰσχὺς ἐν νόσῳ χειμάζεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 267; ταῖς σαῖς ἀπειλαῖς αἷς ἐχειμάσθην [prev. author] “Ant.” 391; ἄλλῃ δ᾽ ἐν τύχῃ χ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 315; χειμαζόμεθα.. ὑπ᾽ ἀπορίας ἐν τοῖς νῦν λόγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 29b, compare “La.” 194c; ὑπό τινων “PSI” 4.349.4 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐν στρατείαις ἢ νόσοις ἢ ἐν θαλάττῃ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170a)]; of feverish patients, χειμάζονται μάλιστα πεμπταῖοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 24.)]