To winter
παραχειμάζωStrong’s G3914paracheimazō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paracheimazō is the Greek word usually translated “winter” and “having wintered”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.”
Meaning
Usually translated “winter” and “having wintered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to winter 2
- having wintered 1
- i will winter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Titus 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 27:12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
- Acts 28:11And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
- 1 Corinthians 16:6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
Greek dictionary
παραχειμάζω paracheimazō · to winter
παρα-χειμάζω to winter at a place: before εἰς, Act.27:12; ἐν, Act.28:11; πρὸς ὑμᾶς, 1Co.16:6; ἐκεῖ, Tit.3:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “winter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WINTER, noun
- The cold season of the year.
- The part of the printing press which sustains the carriage.
All definitions and other forms of “winter”
WINTER, verb intransitive
To pass the winter He wintered in Italy. Cattle winter well on good fodder.
WINTER, verb transitive
To feed or manage during the winter To winter young cattle on straw, is not profitable. Delicate plants must be wintered under cover.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.