Word Study · Strong's G5494 · Greek
χειμών
cheimon
khi-mone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: cheimṓn
“akin to the base of 5490 through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
akin to the base of 5490 through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain); by implication, the rainy season, i.e. winter
Rendered in the KJV as
tempest, foul weather, winter.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- χειμῶνος2
- χειμὼν1
- χειμών,1
- χειμῶνός1
- χειμῶνος.1
How it is rendered · 5
- winter2
- a storm,1
- in winter1
- in winter.1
- tempest1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSM · 4
- N-NSM · 2
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 16:3χειμών,cheimōnnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularand in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.here: a storm,
- Matthew 24:20χειμῶνοςcheimōnosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularPray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.here: in winter