G5510

Greek Lexicon Entry

Original

χιών

Transliteration

sheleg

Testament

New Testament

Definition

snow (probably from its whiteness)

perhaps akin to the base of G5490 (χάσμα) (G5465 (χαλάω)) or G5494 (χειμών) (as descending or empty);

χάσμα

chásma

a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval)

χαλάω

chaláō

to lower (as into a void)

χειμών

cheimṓn

akin to the base of 5490 through the idea of a channel), meaning a storm (as pouring rain); by implication, the rainy se

1 English word(s) are translated from G5510 in the King James Bible, appearing a total of 24 times.