Quick Definition
χειμάζομαι v. I am storm-tossed
Strong's Definition
from the same as 5494; to storm, i.e. (passively) to labor under a gale
KJV Usage: be tossed with tempest
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | παραχειμάζω · παραχειμασία · χείμαρρος · χειμών
14.3 · Physical Events and States · Weather
Collocation: χειμάζομαι
to undergo bad weather, to be in a storm to be overtaken by or to experience stormy weather In some languages it may be appropriate to translate χειμάζομαι in an idiomatic form, for example, ‘the wind and rain caught us’ or ‘the storm trapped us.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χειμάζω cheimazō 1x
to excite a tempest, toss with a tempest; pass. to be storm-tossed, Acts 27:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χειμάζω
(< χεῖμα, winter cold) [in LXX: Pr 26:10 (†) * ;]
to expose to winter cold, go into winter quarters.
to drive with storm; pass., to be driven with storm, tempest-tossed: Ac 27:18.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χειμάζω (cheimazō) — be storm-tossed. χειμ-άζω (future -άσω[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—transitive, expose to the winter cold: found only in passive, to be exposed thereto, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pass the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of trees, live through the winter, χειμασθέντα [δένδρα] [Refs]
2. intransitive, pass the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of armies, go into winter quarters, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. raise a storm or tempest, θεοῦ τοιαῦτα χειμάζοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: impersonal, ἐχείμαζε ἡμέρας τρεῖς the storm continued, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χειμάσει there will be stormy weather, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. with accusative, drive forth or away, of a storm, ἔξω χ. [τοὺς μύας] [Refs]:—passive, to be driven by a storm, overtaken by it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. metaphorically, toss like a storm, distress, τόδ᾽ αἷμα χ. πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, annoy, vex, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σφὴξ τοῖς κέντροις πλήσσων ἐχείμαζε [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be tempest-tossed, distressed, especially of the state considered as a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of single persons, κατὰ θάλασσαν χειμασθεῖσαι (as example of a ψυχικὸν πάθος) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; suffer grievously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν στρατείαις ἢ νόσοις ἢ ἐν θαλάττῃ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of feverish patients, χειμάζονται μάλιστα πεμπταῖοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]