παραχειμάζω

paracheimazō · spend the winter

Greek word · Strong’s number G3914 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

paracheimazō (παραχειμάζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “spend the winter”.

In a place.

How to say it

pa·ra·chei·ma·zō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To stay in a place through the cold months.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • spend the winter ×3
  • had wintered ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Acts 27:12

    And because the harbor was unsuitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

  • Acts 28:11

    And after three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the emblem of the Dioscuri.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:6

    and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.

  • Titus 3:12

    When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.