Winter

Winter [NAVE]

WINTER
Aual return of, shall never cease, Gen. 8:22.
Plowing in, in Canaan, Prov. 20:4.
Rainy season in, in Canaan, Song 2:11.
Shipping suspended in, on the Mediterranean Sea, Acts 27:12; 28:11.
Paul remains one, at Nicopolis, Tit. 3:12.
Summer and winter houses, Jer. 36:22; Amos 3:15.
See: Meteorology.

WINTER [ISBE]

WINTER - win'-ter (choreph, from charaph, "to inundate," "overflow"): The rainy season, also the autumn harvest season (Gen 8:22; Ps 74:17; Zec 14:8). It is also the time of cold (Jer 36:22; Am 3:15). The verb "to winter" occurs in Isa 18:6. Cethaw has the same meaning as Choreph (Song 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.