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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Winter

win'-ter (choreph, from charaph, "to inundate," "overflow"):

The rainy season, also the autumn harvest season (Genesis 8:22; Psalms 74:17; Zechariah 14:8). It is also the time of cold (Jeremiah 36:22; Amos 3:15). The verb "to winter" occurs in Isaiah 18:6. Cethaw has the same meaning as Choreph (Song of Solomon 2:11). cheimon, corresponds to choreph as the rainy season, and the verb paracheimazo, signifies "to pass the winter" (Acts 27:12), the noun from which is paracheimasia (same place).

See SEASONS.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.