Strong G5494χειμών
winter
- Transliteration
- cheimōn
- Pronunciation
- khi-mone'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a derivation of χέω cheō (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 that is winter: - tempest foul weather winter.
Detailed definition
χειμών, -ῶνος, ὁ
[in LXX for גֶּשֶׁם, סְתָו;]
1. winter: Jhn.10:22, 2Ti.4:21; genitive, χειμῶνος, in winter, Mat.24:20, Mrk.13:18.
2. Prop., a winter storm, hence, generally, a storm, tempest: Mat.16:3 (T, WH, R, mg., om.), Act.27:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX for גֶּשֶׁם, סְתָו;]
1. winter: Jhn.10:22, 2Ti.4:21; genitive, χειμῶνος, in winter, Mat.24:20, Mrk.13:18.
2. Prop., a winter storm, hence, generally, a storm, tempest: Mat.16:3 (T, WH, R, mg., om.), Act.27:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5494 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- winter4
- foul1
- tempest1
First verses
- Matthew 16:3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
- Matthew 24:20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
- Mark 13:18And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
- John 10:22And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
- Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- 2 Timothy 4:21Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
χειμών, ῶνος, ὁ,
(χεῖμα) winter, χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.549)]; χειμῶνι in winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (21.283; ἐν χειμῶνι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.42, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 969, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.8; ἐν τῷ χ. [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.8.17; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.137)]; also χειμῶνος in winter-time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 415e)]; χ. μέσου in mid-winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 569.1; τοῦ χ.)]in the course of the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.31; τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. [prev. author] 8.30)]; διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 74c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.9; χειμῶνα)]during winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1138 (variant{χειμῶνι}))]; τὸν χ. during the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.117, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.4.1; τὸν δεινὸν χ. [prev. author] “An.” 7.6.9; τὸν χ. ὅλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 345; ὁ ἀμφὶ τὸν χ. χρόνος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.22)]; ὄρος ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος in consequence of the cold weather, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.101: _plural_, νιφοστιβεῖς χειμῶνες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 671)]; opposed to καύματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829b; ἀμυντικὴ χειμώνων [prev. author] “Plt.” 280e.)]
2 the wintry quarter of the heavens, the north, Βορέης καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26.)]
II wintry, stormy weather: generally, storm, ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.4; οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ᾽ ἂρ χ. πολὺς οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.566; ὅτε τις χ. ἔκπαγλος ὄροιτο 14.522; ὀπωρινὸν ὄμβρον καὶ χειμῶν᾽ ἐπιόντα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 675, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 11.6, etc.; Γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν ἐκ χειμῶνος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).39; θεὸς χειμῶν᾽ ὦρσε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 496, compare “Ag.” 649, 656, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1145, etc.; χ. ὀρνιθίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 876; χ. κατερράγη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. τε μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἄνεμος [prev. author] 7.188, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344d; ἐπιγενόμενος χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.6; χειμῶνι χρησάμενοι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21)]; χ. νοτερός a storm of rain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.21; ἐν εὐδίᾳ χειμῶνα ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.14: _plural_, ὑπὸ τῶν χ.)] because of the winter-storms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62; ἔν γε χειμῶσιν καὶ ἐν εὐδίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 961e, compare 919a.)]
II.2 metaphorically, θεόσσυτος χ. storm of calamity sent by the gods, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 643)]; χ. καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία[Refs ([prev. work] 1015, compare “Ch.” 202 (_plural_), 1066 (_anapaest meter_))]; δορὸς.. ἐν χειμῶνι in the storm of battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 670)]; θολερῷ.. χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 207 (_anapaest meter_))]; χ. γήρως βαρύς, of life's winter, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 10.100 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus))]; of a person, χ. ὁ μειρακίσκος ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 178.7, compare 46.4; χ. κατ᾽ οἴκους.. κακὴ γυνή 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 540)]: rare in Prose, of battle, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 32.10)]; of mental and moral trouble, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U., Polystr. p.19W.)]; χ. τοῦ κλύδωνος χαλεπώτερος, of pirates, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 23.286a: _plural_, χειμῶνας ἔχειν)] to have trouble (in cutting teeth), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὀδοντοφυΐης” 12.)]
(χεῖμα) winter, χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.549)]; χειμῶνι in winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (21.283; ἐν χειμῶνι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.42, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 969, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.8; ἐν τῷ χ. [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.8.17; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.137)]; also χειμῶνος in winter-time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 415e)]; χ. μέσου in mid-winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 569.1; τοῦ χ.)]in the course of the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.31; τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. [prev. author] 8.30)]; διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 74c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.9; χειμῶνα)]during winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1138 (variant{χειμῶνι}))]; τὸν χ. during the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.117, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.4.1; τὸν δεινὸν χ. [prev. author] “An.” 7.6.9; τὸν χ. ὅλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 345; ὁ ἀμφὶ τὸν χ. χρόνος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.22)]; ὄρος ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος in consequence of the cold weather, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.101: _plural_, νιφοστιβεῖς χειμῶνες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 671)]; opposed to καύματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829b; ἀμυντικὴ χειμώνων [prev. author] “Plt.” 280e.)]
2 the wintry quarter of the heavens, the north, Βορέης καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26.)]
II wintry, stormy weather: generally, storm, ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.4; οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ᾽ ἂρ χ. πολὺς οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.566; ὅτε τις χ. ἔκπαγλος ὄροιτο 14.522; ὀπωρινὸν ὄμβρον καὶ χειμῶν᾽ ἐπιόντα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 675, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 11.6, etc.; Γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν ἐκ χειμῶνος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).39; θεὸς χειμῶν᾽ ὦρσε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 496, compare “Ag.” 649, 656, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1145, etc.; χ. ὀρνιθίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 876; χ. κατερράγη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. τε μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἄνεμος [prev. author] 7.188, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344d; ἐπιγενόμενος χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.6; χειμῶνι χρησάμενοι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21)]; χ. νοτερός a storm of rain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.21; ἐν εὐδίᾳ χειμῶνα ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.14: _plural_, ὑπὸ τῶν χ.)] because of the winter-storms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62; ἔν γε χειμῶσιν καὶ ἐν εὐδίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 961e, compare 919a.)]
II.2 metaphorically, θεόσσυτος χ. storm of calamity sent by the gods, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 643)]; χ. καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία[Refs ([prev. work] 1015, compare “Ch.” 202 (_plural_), 1066 (_anapaest meter_))]; δορὸς.. ἐν χειμῶνι in the storm of battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 670)]; θολερῷ.. χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 207 (_anapaest meter_))]; χ. γήρως βαρύς, of life's winter, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 10.100 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus))]; of a person, χ. ὁ μειρακίσκος ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 178.7, compare 46.4; χ. κατ᾽ οἴκους.. κακὴ γυνή 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 540)]: rare in Prose, of battle, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 32.10)]; of mental and moral trouble, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U., Polystr. p.19W.)]; χ. τοῦ κλύδωνος χαλεπώτερος, of pirates, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 23.286a: _plural_, χειμῶνας ἔχειν)] to have trouble (in cutting teeth), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὀδοντοφυΐης” 12.)]