Brook
χείμαρροςStrong’s G5493cheimarros
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Cheimarros is the Greek word usually translated “winter stream”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.”
Meaning
Usually translated “winter stream”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- winter stream 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
χείμαρρος cheimarros · brook
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “brook” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BROOK, noun
[Gr. to rain, to pour, to flow.]
A small natural stream of water, or a current flowing from a spring or fountain less than a river. In some parts of America, run is used in a like sense; but run is also applied to larger streams than brook
All definitions and other forms of “brook”
BROOK, verb transitive
[Gr. to eat, to grind the teeth.]
Literally, to chew or digest, as the Fr. digerir. Hence,
BROOK'-LIME, noun
[brook and lime.]
A plant, a species of Veronica, called becabunga, with blue flowers in loose lateral spikes.
BROOK'-MINT, noun
The water mint.
BROOK'-WEED, noun
A plant, water pimpernel, the Samolus.
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.