UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: χειμών; -ῶνος

Related lemmas: χειμάζομαι

Sense 1: winter

Semantic entry: 67.165

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour

Definition: the coldest season of the year

Notes: 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: θέρος.

Show passage in OET: MAT 24:20

OET-RV MAT 24:20

20 and you should pray that your escape won’t be in winter or on a rest day.

OET-LV MAT 24:20

20 But be _praying that the flight of _you _all may_ not _become in _winter, nor on_a_day _of _rest.

Show passage in OET: MRK 13:18

OET-RV MRK 13:18

18 Just pray that it won’t happen in the winter,

OET-LV MRK 13:18

18 But be _praying that it _may_ not _become in_the_winter.

Jump to OET MAT 24:20 section.

Jump to OET MRK 13:18 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 24:20

MRK: OET MRK 13:18

JHN: OET JHN 10:22

TI2: OET TI2 4:21

Sense 2: bad weather, stormy weather

Semantic entry: 14.2

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Weather

Definition: stormy weather involving strong wind, overcast sky, and often cold temperature; thunder and lightning may also be present

Notes: 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 OET MAT 16:3 the reference is to a windstorm accompanied by clouds and moving over land, while in OET ACT 27:20 the reference is to a storm of long duration which takes place over a body of water.

Show passage in OET: MAT 16:3

OET-RV MAT 16:3

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OET-LV MAT 16:3

Show passage in OET: ACT 27:20

OET-RV ACT 27:20

20 We didn’t see either the sun or the stars for several more days—it wasn’t a minor storm by any means—and by then any remaining hope that we had of staying alive disappeared

OET-LV ACT 27:20

20 And neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and no little storm laying _on us, furthermore all hope, which us to _be _being _saved was _being _taken _away.

Jump to OET MAT 16:3 section.

Jump to OET ACT 27:20 section.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χειμών

Form 1

Sense 1: winter

Sense 2: bad weather, stormy weather