King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5493
Transliteration: cheimarros
Phonetic Spelling: (khi'-mar-hros)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: flowing in winter, a torrent
Meaning: flowing in winter, a torrent
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 נַחַל, literally, flowing in winter, a torrent: John 18:1 (where A. V. brook).
Word Summary
cheimarros: flowing in winter, a torrent
Original Word: χείμαρροςTransliteration: cheimarros
Phonetic Spelling: (khi'-mar-hros)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: flowing in winter, a torrent
Meaning: flowing in winter, a torrent
Strong's Concordance
brook. From the base of cheimon and rheo; a storm-runlet, i.e. Winter-torrent -- brook.
see GREEK cheimon
see GREEK rheo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5493: χειμαροροςχειμαρορος (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 נַחַל, literally, flowing in winter, a torrent: John 18:1 (where A. V. brook).