Strong's Lexicon
G5492 — χειμάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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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