χιών chiōn · G5510
snow
χιών, -όνος, ἡ ; [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁלֶג also (in Da) for תְּלַג ; ] ; snow: Mat.28:3, Rev.1:14.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
χιών, όνος, ἡ: ; (see. entry near the end):— snow, in [] mostly of fallen snow, []; ἐπὶ χιόνι πεσούσῃ []; also of falling snow, ὥς τε νιφάδες χιόνος πίπτωσι θαμειαί thick fall the snow-flakes, []; II snow-water, 'ice-coldwater, Θρῄκην χιόνι.. κατάρρυτον []; used to cool wine, εἰ χιών ἐστ᾽ ὠνία []: rare in plural, []. [ῐ by nature, ῑ Epic dialect for the sake of meter] (Cf. Sanskrit himás 'cold, winter', Latin hiems, Avest. zyam- 'winter', etc.)
Where it's used 3 times
Matthew 28:3 · Mark 9:3 · Revelation 1:14
Source: TBESG G5510; TFLSJ G5510
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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