Winter
סְתָיוStrong’s H5638setav (se-tav)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Setav is the Hebrew word usually translated “winter”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;”
Meaning
- Winter, rainy season
How it's translated
- the winter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
סְתָיו setav · winter
winter, rainy season
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.