UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: fair weather

Semantic entry: 14.1

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Weather

Definition: sunny, mild weather without strong winds

Notes: Fair weather may be referred to by a number of different expressions, for example, ‘growing weather’ or ‘cloudless skies’ or ‘happy weather.’ The variety of expressions depends largely upon the type of activity associated with weather or the atmospheric conditions typical of what people regard as fair weather. In a number of languages fair weather is expressed as a negative of bad weather, that is to say, ‘a not stormy day’ or ‘a not windy day.’