χείμαρρος cheimarros · G5493
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χείμμαρος (shortened form of the more usual -οος, Attic contr., -ους), -ον ; (χεῖμα, ῥέω) [in LXX chiefly for נַחַל ; ] ; winter-flowing; as subst., ὁ χ. (sc. ποταμός), a torrent: Jhn.18:1.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
χειμάρροος, ον, ; contraction χειμάρρους, ουν, and shortened χείμαρρος, ον: (χεῖμα, ῥέω):— winter-flowing, swollen by rain and melted snow, of mountain-streams, ; I joined with ποταμός, ὅν τε [the stone] ποταμὸς χειμάρροος ὤσῃ []: frequently in contracted forms, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ []; I.2 πλεκτάνη χειμάρροος seems to be rushing, furious lightning []; II substantive, torrent, []; II.2 simply, river, []; II.3 drain, gutter, οἱ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν χ. []; II.4 valley, watercourse, []
Where it's used 1 time
Source: TBESG G5493; TFLSJ G5493
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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