Greek word · G3915

παραχειμασία

paracheimasia

wintering

Appears once in the Greek New Testament.

What it means

παρα-χειμασία, -ας, ἡ

(παρα-χειμάζω)

a wintering: Acts 27:12 (Polyb., al.).†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Similar words

Where it appears

Acts · 1

  1. Acts 27:12 παραχειμασίαν winter in

    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.

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