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χειμάρρους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χειμάρρους χειμάρρουν

Structure: χειμαρρο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/w

Sense

  1. winter-flowing, swollen by rain and melted snow
  2. a torrent
  3. a conduit

Examples

  • καὶ λήψεσθε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ καρπὸν ξύλου ὡραῖον καὶ κάλλυνθρα φοινίκων, καὶ κλάδουσ ξύλου δασεῖσ καὶ ἰτέασ καὶ ἄγνου κλάδουσ ἐκ χειμάρρου, εὐφρανθῆναι ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:40)
  • ἐξ Ἀροήρ, ἥ ἐστι παρὰ τὸ χεῖλοσ χειμάρρου Ἀρνῶν, καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν οὖσαν ἐν τῇ φάραγγι καὶ ἕωσ ὄρουσ τοῦ Γαλαὰδ οὐκ ἐγενήθη πόλισ, ἥτισ διέφυγεν ἡμᾶσ, τὰσ πάσασ παρέδωκε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 2:29)
  • πλὴν ἐγγὺσ υἱῶν Ἀμμὰν οὐ προσήλθομεν, πάντα τὰ συγκυροῦντα χειμάρρου Ἰαβὸκ καὶ τάσ πόλεισ τὰσ ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ, καθότι ἐνετείλατο Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν ἡμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 2:30)
  • Καὶ ἐλάβομεν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ τὴν γῆν ἐκ χειρῶν δύο βασιλέων τῶν Ἀμορραίων, οἳ ἦσαν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἀπὸ τοῦ χειμάρρου Ἀρνῶν καὶ ἕωσ Ἀερμών , (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:8)
  • καὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην ἐκληρονομήσαμεν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπὸ Ἀροήρ, ἥ ἐστι παρὰ τὸ χεῖλοσ χειμάρρου Ἀρνῶν, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ὄρουσ Γαλαὰδ καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ αὐτοῦ ἔδωκα τῷ Ρουβὴν καὶ τῷ Γάδ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:11)

Synonyms

  1. a torrent

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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