Strong's Lexicon

G5492

G5492 — χειμάζω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekcheimazoverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G5492
Word:χειμάζω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology: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)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:cheimazo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khei-mad'-zo
Meaning:1. to storm 2. (passively) to labor under a gale
KJV Renderings:be tossed with tempest

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χειμάζω: present passive participle χειμαζόμενος; (χεῖμα stormy weather, winter (cf. χειμών)); to afflict with a tempest, to toss about upon the waves: passive, Act 27:18 (R. V. labored with the storm). (Aeschylus, Thucydides, Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, Lucian, others) (Compare: παραχειμάζω.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

χειμάζω (be tossed with tempest)

Acts 27:18

KJV: And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest the next they lightened the ship
GK: σφοδρώς δε χειμαζομένων ημών τη εξής εκβολήν εποιούντο
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