G5493

χείμαρρος

cheimarrosG:N-M

brook

χείμμαρος (shortened form of the more usual -οος, Attic contr., -ους), -ον (χεῖμα, ῥέω) [in LXX chiefly for נַחַל ;] winter-flowing; as subst., ὁ χ. (sc. ποταμός), a torrent: Jhn.18:1.† (AS)

The KJV translates G5493 in the following manner:

brook (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

χείμαῤῥος — cheímarrhos

χειμαρορος (for the more common χειμαρρως (namely, ποταμός), Attic contracted χειμάρρους (which see in Liddell and Scott, at the end), cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 234), χειμαρορου, ὁ (χεῖμα winter, and ῤέω, Ροως), from Homer down, the Sept. very often for נַחַל, literally, flowing in winter, a torrent: Joh 18:1 (where A. V. brook).

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