What does χειμών (cheimṓn) mean in the Bible?
χειμών (cheimṓn) is a Greek word meaning "winter".
Greek · G5494
χειμών
Winter
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χειμών G5494
Pronunciation cheimṓn
What does χειμών (cheimṓn) mean in the Bible?
χειμών (cheimṓn) is a Greek word meaning "winter".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5494?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include in the winter (2), winter (2), [it will be] stormy (1), storm (1).
Where does χειμών (cheimṓn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 16:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), 2 Timothy (1), Acts (1), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It in the winter 2× Matthew 24:20, Mark 13:18
winter 2× John 10:22, 2 Timothy 4:21
[it will be] stormy 1× Matthew 16:3
storm 1× Acts 27:20
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 16:3 χειμών to [it will be] stormy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 24:20 χειμῶνος to in the winter Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Mark 13:18 χειμῶνος to in the winter Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular John 10:22 χειμὼν to winter Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 27:20 χειμῶνός to storm Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2 Timothy 4:21 χειμῶνος to winter Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 16:3
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Mark 1 John 1 Acts 1 2 Timothy 1
Source forms
χειμῶνος 3x cheimōnos Matthew 24:20, Mark 13:18, 2 Timothy 4:21
χειμών 1x cheimōn Matthew 16:3
χειμὼν 1x cheimōn John 10:22
χειμῶνός 1x cheimōnos Acts 27:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 4x Matthew 24:20, Mark 13:18, Acts 27:20, 2 Timothy 4:21
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 16:3, John 10:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. winter
Strong's G5494
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 2 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
winter
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 16:3 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
χειμών· ceimwn
a tempest, the rainy season
Read verse Matthew 24:20 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
χειμῶνος, ceimwnov
a tempest, the rainy season
Read verse Mark 13:18 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
χειμῶνος. ceimwnov
a tempest, the rainy season
Read verse John 10:22 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
χειμὼν ceimwn
a tempest, the rainy season
Read verse Acts 27:20 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
χειμῶνός ceimwnov
a tempest, the rainy season
Read verse 2 Timothy 4:21 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
χειμῶνος ceimwnov
a tempest, the rainy season
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 16:3 · John 10:22 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 24:20 · Mark 13:18 · Acts 27:20 · 2 Tim 4:21 4×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain