Snow
χιώνStrong’s G5510chiōn
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chiōn is the Greek word usually translated “snow”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:”
Meaning
Usually translated “snow”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- snow 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
χιών chiōn · snow
χιών, -όνος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁלֶג also (in Da) for תְּלַג ;] snow: Mat.28:3, Rev.1:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “snow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SNOW, noun
[Latin nix, nivis; The Latin nivis, is contracted from nigis, like Eng. bow.]
- Frozen vapor; watery particles congealed into white crystals in the air, and falling to the earth.
- A vessel equipped with two masts, resembling the main and fore-masts of a ship, and a third small mast just abaft the mainmast, carrying a try-sail.
All definitions and other forms of “snow”
SNOW, verb intransitive
To fall in snow; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.
SNOW, verb transitive
To scatter like snow
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.