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G2824 κλίμα (klíma)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

a territory

Strong's Definition

a slope, i.e. (specially) a "clime" or tract of country

Derivation: from G2827 (κλίνω);

KJV Usage: part, region

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

1. an inclination, slope, declivity: τῶν ὁρῶν, Polybius 2, 16, 3; (others). specifically, 2. the (supposed) sloping of the earth from the equator toward the poles, a zone: Aristotle, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others; Josephus, b. j. 5, 12, 2. 3. a tract of land, a region: Rom_15:23; 2Co_11:10; Gal_1:21; (Polybius 5,44,6; 7,6, 1; Herodian, 2, 11, 8 (4 edition, Bekker); others). STRONGS NT 2824a: κλινάριονκλινάριον, κλιναριου, τό (diminutive of κλίνη; see γυναικάριον), a small bed, a couch: Act_5:15 L T Tr WH. (Aristophanes fragment 33 d.; Epictetus diss. 3, 5, 13; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 57; (cf. κλινίδιον, and Pollux as there referred to).)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κλίμα klima 3x pr. a slope; a portion of the ideal slope of the earth s surface; a tract or region of country, Rom_15:23 ; 2Co_11:10 ; Gal_1:21

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κλίμα , -τος , τό ( < κλίνω ), [in LXX : Jdg_20:2 A ( H6438 ) * ;] 1. an inclination, slope, esp . the slope from the equator to the pole ( Arist ). 2. a region ( Polyb ., al. ): pl ., Rom_15:23 , 2Co_11:10 , Gal_1:21 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κλίμα [page 348] For κλίμα , region, as in Rom_15:23 al. , cf. OGIS 519 .18 ( c. A.D. 245) οἱ πεμφθέντες εἰς ] τὸ Ἀππιανῶν κλίμα , and the magic P Lond 121 .481 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 99) ἐξορκίζω σε κατὰ τῶν τεσσάρων κλιμάτων τοῦ κόσμου . Cf. Ramsay Galatians , p. 278 ff. For κλίμα , slope, cf. Aristeas 59 τὸ . . ἐκτὸς κλίμα , the side which sloped outwards (of a table) See also Archiv i. p. 422, and cf. Kaibel 579 .2 (ii/A.D.) ἑπταετε [ῖ ] κλίματι , where the reference is to death occasioned by a fall at seven years of age.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

κλίμα κλί^μα, ατος, τό, [Etym: κλίνω] "an inclination, slope":—esp. "the supposed slope" of the earth towards the pole: hence "a region or zone" of the earth, "clime", Plut. , Anth.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κλίμα, -τος, τό (κλίνω) [in LXX: Jdg.20:2 A (פִּנָּה)* ;] __1. an inclination, slope, esp. the slope from the equator to the pole (Arist). __2. a region (Polyb., al.): pl., Rom.15:23, 2Co.11:10, Gal.1:21.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (3)

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