Strong's Greek · G3914

παραχειμάζω

paracheimázō

winter

Definition

to winter near, i.e. stay with over the rainy season

Derivation

from G3844 (παρά) and G5492 (χειμάζω);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Acts 27:12

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

Titus 3:12

As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.

1 Corinthians 16:6

Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.

Acts 28:11

After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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