What does χείμαῤῥος (cheímarrhos) mean in the Bible?
χείμαῤῥος (cheímarrhos): A winter-flowing torrent or seasonal stream that swells with rain, not a permanent river.
Greek · G5493
χείμαῤῥος
Brook
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χείμαῤῥος G5493
Pronunciation cheímarrhos
What does χείμαῤῥος (cheímarrhos) mean in the Bible?
χείμαῤῥος (cheímarrhos): A winter-flowing torrent or seasonal stream that swells with rain, not a permanent river.
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How does the BSB render G5493?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include Valley (1).
Where does χείμαῤῥος (cheímarrhos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 18:1. Its strongest book concentrations include John (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It Valley 1× John 18:1
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First aligned row John 18:1
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
John 1
Source forms
χειμάρρου 1x cheimarrou John 18:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x John 18:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A winter-flowing torrent or seasonal stream that swells with rain, not a permanent river.
Strong's G5493
Lexical occurrences 0 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 18:4 Source Gloss
brook
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A winter-flowing torrent or seasonal stream that swells with rain, not a permanent river.
(χεῖμα, ῥέω) [in LXX chiefly for נַחַל ;] winter-flowing; as subst., ὁ χ. (sc. ποταμός), a torrent: Jhn.18:1.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 18:1 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
χειμάρρου ceimarrou
a winter torrent
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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Biblical Witnesses
Deep waters or flowing words of the human heart and mouth
The king's heart as a watercourse directed by the Lord's hand
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain