Strong G5493χείμαρρος
brook
- Transliteration
- cheimarrhos
- Pronunciation
- khi'-mar-hros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
χείμμαρος (shortened form of the more usual -οος, Attic contr., -ους), -ον
(χεῖμα, ῥέω) [in LXX chiefly for נַחַל;]
winter-flowing; as subst., ὁ χ. (sc. ποταμός), a torrent: Jhn.18:1.†
(AS)
(χεῖμα, ῥέω) [in LXX chiefly for נַחַל;]
winter-flowing; as subst., ὁ χ. (sc. ποταμός), a torrent: Jhn.18:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5493 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brook1
First verses
- John 18:1When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χειμάρροος, ον,
contraction χειμάρρους, ουν, and shortened χείμαρρος, ον: (χεῖμα, ῥέω):— winter-flowing, swollen by rain and melted snow, of mountain-streams,
I joined with ποταμός, ὅν τε [the stone] ποταμὸς χειμάρροος ὤσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.138; ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε πλήθων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισιν χειμάρρους κατ᾽ ὄρεσφιν 11.493)]: frequently in contracted forms, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5.88; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε χείμαρροι ποταμοὶ κατ᾽ ὄρεσφι ῥέοντες 4.452; χειμάρρῳ ποταμῷ ἴκελος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 348; παρὰ ῥείθροισι χειμάρροις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 712; φάραγγες ὕδατι χειμάρρῳ ῥέουσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 449 (troch.); διὰ χειμάρρου νάπης [prev. author] “Ba.” 1093; χαράδρα χ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.30.2.)]
I.2 πλεκτάνη χειμάρροος seems to be rushing, furious lightning [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 281.)]
II substantive, torrent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.4.7; ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἂν εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσέπεσε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.153.)]
II.2 simply, river, [LXX (LXX.Num.34.5.)]
II.3 drain, gutter, οἱ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.19.)]
II.4 valley, watercourse, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.4Ki.3.16. (Plur. accented χείμαρροι by Ptolemaeus Ascalonita, χειμάρροι by Nicias, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 496.37; later _nominative_ χείμαρρος 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.33.7, 10.37.3, _accusative_ χείμαρρον LXX [prev. cited] codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor, LXX.Psa.123(124).4, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.35.7.))]
contraction χειμάρρους, ουν, and shortened χείμαρρος, ον: (χεῖμα, ῥέω):— winter-flowing, swollen by rain and melted snow, of mountain-streams,
I joined with ποταμός, ὅν τε [the stone] ποταμὸς χειμάρροος ὤσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.138; ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε πλήθων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισιν χειμάρρους κατ᾽ ὄρεσφιν 11.493)]: frequently in contracted forms, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5.88; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε χείμαρροι ποταμοὶ κατ᾽ ὄρεσφι ῥέοντες 4.452; χειμάρρῳ ποταμῷ ἴκελος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 348; παρὰ ῥείθροισι χειμάρροις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 712; φάραγγες ὕδατι χειμάρρῳ ῥέουσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 449 (troch.); διὰ χειμάρρου νάπης [prev. author] “Ba.” 1093; χαράδρα χ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.30.2.)]
I.2 πλεκτάνη χειμάρροος seems to be rushing, furious lightning [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 281.)]
II substantive, torrent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.4.7; ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἂν εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσέπεσε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.153.)]
II.2 simply, river, [LXX (LXX.Num.34.5.)]
II.3 drain, gutter, οἱ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.19.)]
II.4 valley, watercourse, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.4Ki.3.16. (Plur. accented χείμαρροι by Ptolemaeus Ascalonita, χειμάρροι by Nicias, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 496.37; later _nominative_ χείμαρρος 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.33.7, 10.37.3, _accusative_ χείμαρρον LXX [prev. cited] codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor, LXX.Psa.123(124).4, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.35.7.))]