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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - χειμών
χειμών
G5494
Transliteration: cheimṓn
Pronunciation: khi-mone'
Definition: tempest
- Original: χειμών - Transliteration: Cheimon - Phonetic: khi-mone' χέω cheō (to pour; akin to the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">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.
- Definition:
1. winter
a. stormy or rainy weather, a tempest
b. winter, the winter season
- Origin: from a derivative of cheo (to pour, akin to the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5490 through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From a derivation of