What does χιών (chiṓn) mean in the Bible?
χιών (chiṓn): Snow as a symbol of divine purity and whiteness in apocalyptic and resurrection contexts.
Greek · G5510
χιών
Snow
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χιών G5510
Pronunciation chiṓn
What does χιών (chiṓn) mean in the Bible?
χιών (chiṓn): Snow as a symbol of divine purity and whiteness in apocalyptic and resurrection contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5510?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include snow (2).
Where does χιών (chiṓn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 28:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It snow 2× Matthew 28:3, Revelation 1:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 28:3
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
χιών 2x chiōn Matthew 28:3, Revelation 1:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 28:3, Revelation 1:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Snow as a symbol of divine purity and whiteness in apocalyptic and resurrection contexts.
Strong's G5510
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 28:3 Source Gloss
snow
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 28:3 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
χιών. ciwn
snow
Read verse Mark 9:3 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
χιών, ciwn
snow
Read verse Revelation 1:14 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
χιών· ciwn
snow
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 28:3 · Rev 1:14 2×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Describes appearance of angel's clothing as white as snow
Compares the whiteness of Christ's hair to white snow
Word Origins
χιών is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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