Strong's Lexicon
G5493 — χείμαρῥος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5493 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χείμαρῥος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the base of G5494 and G4482 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | cheimarrhos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khei'-mar-rhos |
| Meaning: | 1. a storm-runlet, i.e. winter-torrent |
| KJV Renderings: | brook |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χειμαρορος (for the more common χειμαρρως (namely, ποταμός), Attic contracted χειμάρρους (which see in Liddell and Scott, at the end), cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 234), χειμαρορου, ὁ (χεῖμα winter, and ῤέω, Ροως), from Homer down, the Sept. very often for ðÇçÇì, literally, flowing in winter, a torrent: Joh 18:1 (where A. V. brook).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χείμαρρος (brook)
John 18:1
- KJV: When Jesus had spoken these words he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron where was a garden into the which he entered and his disciples
- GK: ταύτα ειπών ο Ιησούς εξήλθε συν τοις μαθηταίς αυτού πέραν του χειμάρρου των Κέδρων όπου ην κήπος εις ον εισήλθεν αυτός και οι μαθηταί αυτού
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