Quick Definition
χειμών, ῶνος, ὁ n.m. a tempest, the rainy season
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of cheo (to pour; akin to the base of 5490 through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain); by implication, the rainy season, i.e. winter
KJV Usage: tempest, foul weather, winter
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ῶνος | χειμάζομαι
67.165 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour
winter the coldest season of the year In a number of languages it may be important to translate χειμών[a] as simply ‘the time of the cold rains.’ Such rains may actually occur during the growing season or as a part of the rainy season. In semi-tropical areas, however, the cold rains do normally occur in what is regarded as the winter, while the warm rains occur in the summer. See also discussion at 67.163.
14.2 · Physical Events and States · Weather
bad weather, stormy weather stormy weather involving strong wind, overcast sky, and often cold temperature; thunder and lightning may also be present The principal difficulty involved in translating χειμών[b] is the fact that in so many languages there are quite distinct terms for various kinds of bad weather or storms. Furthermore, the location of such bad weather will also influence significantly the terms which may be used. For example, stormy weather over the open sea may require quite a different term from what would be used in speaking of a similar kind of storm over the land. In addition, storms which are accompanied by rain may also be referred to by different terms from those which involve wind without rain. Accordingly, one must carefully examine each biblical context in which χειμών[b] is employed and determine what would be the most satisfactory expression in the receptor language. For example, in MAT 16:3 the reference is to a windstorm accompanied by clouds and moving over land, while in ACT 27:20 the reference is to a storm of long duration which takes place over a body of water.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χειμών, -dvos, ὁ, (χεῖμα, and this fr. χέω on account of the ‘pouring’ rains; [al. connect it with χιτών, snow, frost (ef. Lat. hiems, ete.); see Curtius §194; L. and S. 5. V. χιών, fin.]), winter ; a. stormy or rainy weather, a tempest (so fr. Hom. down) : Mt. xvi. 3 [Tdf. br. WH reject the pass.]; Acts xxvii. 20. b. winter, the winter season, (so fr. Thue. and Arstph. down): Jn. x. 22; 2 Tim. iv. 21; χειμῶνος, in winter (-time), in the winter (Plat. de rep. Ε Ρ- 415 e.; Xen. mem. 8, 8, 9: al. [ef. W. § 30,11; B. 8 132, 26]), Mt. xxiv. 20; Mk. xiii. 18.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χειμών cheimōn 6x
stormy weather, Mt. 16:3; a storm, tempest, Acts 27:20; winter, Mt. 24:20; Mk. 13:18; Jn. 10:22; 2 Tim. 4:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χειμών, -ῶνος, ὁ
[in LXX for גֶּשֶׁם, סְתָיו ;]
winter: Jo 10:22, II Ti 4:21; gen., χειμῶνος, in winter, Mt 24:20, Mk 13:18.
Prop., a winter storm, hence, generally, a storm, tempest: Mt 16:3 (T, WH, R, mg., om.), Ac 27:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χειμών, (1) ““νυἱπίεογ" (Jn 1055) : P Lille I. 1 vectol4 (B.c. 259-8) ἐὰν μὲν κατὰ χειμῶνα συντελῆται τὰ ἔργα, τίθεμεν ἔσεσθαι εἰς 0 τοῦ στατῆρος, ‘‘if the works are completed during the winter we reckon them at the rate of 70 (naubia) to the stater,’” P Tebt II. 2784 (early i/A.D.) χιμὼν γάρ ἐστι, ψῦχος πολύ, ‘it is winter, there is great cold,” P Flor II. 1277 (A.D. 256) the heating of a bath-chamber ἵνα θερμῶς λουσώμεθα χειμῶνος ὄντος, and from the inserr. Préewe 1128 (after B.c. 84) heating of the gymnasium διὰ τοῦ χειμῶνος ὅλου δι} ἡμέρ(α)ς. See also s.v. θέρος. (2) “storm,” ‘‘tempest " (Mt 168, Ac 2739): Preisighe 998 (A.D. 16-17) Λούκιος Mayas Στράτωνος ἀπὸ Σουήνης ὑπάγων is lip... ἀπὸ χιμῶνος ἐλασθεὶς ὧδε, and similarly 997 (iv/A.D.). For the adj. χειμερινός, cf. P Iand 1. 28° (A.p. 104) ἀρουρῶν χειμεριν]ῷν Kal θερινῶν, P Lond 842! (A.D. 140) (= III. p. 141) ὁμολογοῦμεν mempakévat . . . νομὰς προBaroy .. . ἐφ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν [é]va θερινὰς kal χιμερινὰς ἀπὸ μηνός... ., and P Tebt 11. 342° (late ii/A.b.) κούφων. .. πλάσεως χειμερινῆς, ‘pots being of winter manufacture” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χειμών (cheimōn) — winter. χειμών, ῶνος, ὁ, (χεῖμα) winter, χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χειμῶνι in winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χειμῶνος in winter-time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. μέσου in mid-winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]in the course of the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]during winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν χ. during the winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄρος ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος in consequence of the cold weather, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to καύματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. the wintry quarter of the heavens, the north, Βορέης καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. wintry, stormy weather: generally, storm, ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. νοτερός a storm of rain, [Refs 5th c.BC+] because of the winter-storms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. metaphorically, θεόσσυτος χ. storm of calamity sent by the gods, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία[Refs]; δορὸς.. ἐν χειμῶνι in the storm of battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θολερῷ.. χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, [Refs]; χ. γήρως βαρύς, of life's winter, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a person, χ. ὁ μειρακίσκος ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις [Refs 4th c.BC+]: rare in Prose, of battle, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of mental and moral trouble, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. τοῦ κλύδωνος χαλεπώτερος, of pirates, [Refs 4th c.AD+] to have trouble (in cutting teeth), [Refs 5th c.BC+]