χειμών, χειμῶνος, ὁ (χεῖμα, and this from χέω on account of the 'pouring' rains; (others connect it with χι(ων, snow, frost (cf. Latinhiems, etc.); see Curtius, § 194; Liddell and Scott, under the word χιών, at the end)), winter; a. stormy or rainy weather, a tempest (so from Homer down): Mat_16:3 (Tdf. brackets WH reject the passage); Act_27:20. b. winter, the winter season (so from Thucydides and Aristophanes down): Joh_10:22; 2Ti_4:21; χειμῶνος, in winter (-time), in the winter (Plato, de rep. 3, p. 415 e.; Xenophon, mem. 3, 8, 9; others (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26)), Mat_24:20; Mar_13:18.

χειμών cheimōn 6x stormy weather, Mat_16:3 ; a storm, tempest, Act_27:20 ; winter, Mat_24:20 ; Mar_13:18 ; Joh_10:22 ; 2Ti_4:21

χειμών , -ῶνος , ὁ , [in LXX for H1653 , H5638 ;] 1. winter: Joh_10:22 , 2Ti_4:21 ; gen ., χειμῶνος , in winter , Mat_24:20 , Mar_13:18 . 2. Prop ., a winter storm, hence, generally, a storm, tempest: Mat_16:3 ( T , WH , R , mg ., om .), Act_27:20 .†

χειμών [page 686] (1) winter (Joh. 10:22) : P Lille I. 1 recto .14 (B.C. 259 8) ἐὰν μὲν κατὰ χειμῶνα συντελῆται τὰ ἔργα , τίθεμεν ἔσεσθαι εἰς ο̄ τοῦ στατῆρος , if the works are completed during the winter we reckon them at the rate of 70 (naubia) to the stater, P Tebt II. 278 .46 (early i/A.D.) χιμ̣ω̣, ν̣ γ̣α̣ρ ἐ̣στι , ψῦχος π̣ο̣λ̣υ̣, it is winter, there is great cold, P Flor II. 127 .7 (A.D. 256) the heating of a bath-chamber ἵνα θερμῶς λουσώμεθα χειμῶνος ὄντος , and from the inscrr. Priene 112 .98 (after B.C. 84) heating of the gymnasium διὰ τοῦ χειμῶνος ὅλου δ [ι ]᾽ ἡμέρ (α )ς . See also s.v. θέρος . (2) storm, tempest (Mat. 16:3, Act. 27:20) : Preisigke 998 (A.D. 16 17) Λούκιος Μάγας Στράτωνος ἀπὸ Σουήνης ὑπάγων ἰς Πιρ . . . ἀπὸ χιμῶνος ἐλασθεὶς ὧδε , and similarly 997 (iv/A.D.). For the adj. χειμερινός , cf. P Iand I. 28 .5 (A.D. 104) ἀρουρῶν χειμεριν ]ω̣ν καὶ θερινῶν , P Lond 842 .12 (A, D. 140) (= III. p. 141) ὁμολογοῦμεν πεπρακέναι . . . νομὰς προβάτων . . . ἐφ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν [ἕ ]ν̣α̣ θερινὰς καὶ χιμερινὰς ἀπὸ μηνός . . ., and P Tebt II. 342 .23 (lateii/A.D.) κούφων . . . πλάσεως χειμερινῆς , pots being of winter manufacture (Edd.).

χειμών χειμών, ῶνος, ὁ, [Etym: v. χιών] "winter", opp. to θέρος, il., attic; χειμῶνος in winter-time, Xen. ; τοῦ χ. "in the course of the winter", Thuc. ; χειμῶνα "during winter", Soph. ; τὸν χ. "during the winter", Hdt. , Xen. "the wintry quarter" of the heavens, "the north", Βορέας καὶ χ. Hdt. "wintry weather, a winter-storm", and generally "a storm", Hom. , Hdt. , attic; χ. κατερράγη Hdt. ; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. μέγας id=Hdt. ; ὦρσε θεὸς χειμῶνα Aesch. ; χ. νοτερός "a storm" of rain, Thuc. :— in pl., ὑπὸ τῶν χ. by means "of the winter-storms", Hdt. metaph., θεόσσυτος χ. "a storm of calamity" sent by the gods, Aesch. ; δορὸς ἐν χειμῶνι in the "storm" of battle, Soph. ; θολερῷ χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, id=Soph.

χειμών, -ῶνος, ὁ [in LXX for גֶּשֶׁם, סְתָו ;] __1. winter: Jhn.10:22, 2Ti.4:21; genitive, χειμῶνος, in winter, Mat.24:20, Mrk.13:18. __2. Prop., a winter storm, hence, generally, a storm, tempest: Mat.16:3 (T, WH, R, mg., om.), Act.27:20.† (AS)