What does שֶׁלֶג · χιών mean in the Bible?
שֶׁלֶג · χιών is a Hebrew phrase meaning "snow or cooling frost".
Hebrew · H7950, G5510
שֶׁלֶג
Snow (probably from its whiteness ) · snow
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שֶׁלֶג H7950 snow (probably from its whiteness )
Pronunciation šeleg
White precipitation associated with purity and cleansing in biblical imagery and metaphor
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χιών G5510 snow
Pronunciation chiṓn
Snow as a symbol of divine purity and whiteness in apocalyptic and resurrection contexts.
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What does שֶׁלֶג (sheleg) mean in the Bible?
שֶׁלֶג · χιών is a Hebrew phrase meaning "snow or cooling frost".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7950, G5510?
H7950, G5510 is connected to 20 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. snow or cooling frost
Strong's H7950, G5510
Lexical occurrences 20 verses Source Gloss
snow or cooling frost
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שֶׁלֶג is built from this root:
שָׁלַג H7949
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