Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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 ἦλθε Σαοὺλ ἕωσ τῶν πόλεων Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ἐνήδρευσεν ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 15:5)
  • καὶ παραγίνεται Δαυὶδ πρὸσ τοὺσ διακοσίουσ ἄνδρασ τοὺσ ὑπολειφθέντασ τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Δαυὶδ καί ἐκάθισεν αὐτοὺσ ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ τοῦ Βοσόρ, καὶ ἐξῆλθον εἰσ ἀπάντησιν Δαυὶδ καὶ εἰσ ἀπάντησιν τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσήγαγε Δαυὶδ ἕωσ τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν τὰ εἰσ εἰρήνην. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 30:21)
  • καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ἔκλαιε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ. καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ παρεπορεύοντο ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ τῶν Κέδρων, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ διέβη τὸν χειμάρρουν Κέδρων καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ παρεπορεύοντο ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὁδοῦ τὴν ἔρημον. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 15:23)
  • καὶ τὴν Ἀνὰ τὴν μητέρα ἑαυτοῦ μετέστησε τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἡγουμένην, καθὼσ ἐποίησε σύνοδον ἐν τῷ ἄλσει αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἐξέκοψεν Ἀσὰ τὰσ καταδύσεισ αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐνέπρησε πυρὶ ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ Κέδρων. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 15:12)
  • πορεύου ἐντεῦθεν κατὰ ἀνατολὰσ καὶ κρύβηθι ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ Χορρὰθ τοῦ ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 17:3)

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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