Original: χειμών

Transliteration: cheimṓn

Phonetic: khi-mone'

Short Definition: Tempest

- Original: χειμών

- Transliteration: Cheimon

- Phonetic: khi-mone'

- 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 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 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.