HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7950
שֶׁ֫לֶג
she.leg — snow
snow Aramaic equivalent: te.lag (תְּלַג "snow" H8517)
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Snow
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5510
χιών
chiōn — snow
χιών, -όνος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁלֶג also (in Da) for תְּלַג ;] snow: Mat.28:3, Rev.1:14.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8517
תְּלַג
te.lag — snow
snow Aramaic of she.leg (שֶׁ֫לֶג "snow" H7950)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H214
אוֹצָר
o.tsar — treasure
1) treasure, storehouse 1a) treasure (gold, silver, etc) 1b) store, supplies of food or drink 1c) treasure-house, treasury 1c1) treasure-house 1c2) storehouse, magazine 1c3) treasury 1c4) magazine of weapons (fig. of God's armoury) 1c5) storehouses (of God for rain, snow, hail, wind, sea)
68 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8149
שְׂנִיר
she.nir — Senir
Senir or Shenir = "snow mountain" the Amorite name for Mount Hermon Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7949
שָׁלַג
sha.lag — to snow
(Hiphil) to snow, be as snow
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6679
βόθρος
bothros — a cesspool
any hole or pit dug in the ground , Lat. puteus, (Homer): a natural trough for washing clothes in, (Odyssey by Homer):—; a hole , such as a fire makes in the snow, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8399
νιφετός
niphetos — snowflakes
falling snow, a snowstorm , (Homer), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8787
πῆγμα
pēgma — a bank of water
1. anything joined together, framework , of a ship, [variant datesAnthology Palantina:—;Lat. pegma, a moveable scaffold used in theatres, (Juvenal) 2. metaphorically, π. γενναίως παγέν a bond in honour bound, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. π. τῆς χιόνος frozen snow, (Polybius Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9721
χέω
cheō — to pour
1. Radic. sense, to pour : 2. properly of liquids, to pour out, pour , (Homer), etc.; Zeus χέει ὕδωρ, i. e. he makes it rain, (Iliad by Homer); χέει χιόνα βορέας (Euripides); absolute, χέει it snows , (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid. to pour for oneself , especially of drink-offerings, χοὰς χεόμην νεκύεσσι (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;Pass., χέονται κρῆναι they gush forth , (Euripides); χυθέντος ποτοῦ ἐς γῆν (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. χ. δάκρυα to shed tears, (Iliad by Homer):—;Pass., of tears, to pour or gush forth , (Homer); so of blood, to be shed , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 4. in Pass. to become liquid, melt, thaw , (Xenophon Historicus) 5. of solids, to shed, scatter , φύλλα (Iliad by Homer); πτερά (Odyssey by Homer); χ. κόνιν κὰκ κεφαλῆς (Homer); χ. καλάμην χθονί, of a mower or reaper (see. καλάμη), (Iliad by Homer) 6. like χώννυμι, to throw out earth, so as to form a mound, σῆμα, τύμβον χ. (Homer) 7. χ. δοῦρα to pour or shower spears, (Iliad by Homer); Mid., βέλεα χέοντο they showered their arrows, (Iliad by Homer) 8. to let fall or drop , ἡνία (Iliad by Homer); so, χέειν κρόκου βαφὰς (see. βαφή II) (Aeschulus Tragicus); but, καρπὸν χ., of trees, to produce fruit abundantly , (Odyssey by Homer) 9. in Pass. to be thrown or heaped up together , (Homer) 10. in Pass. also of living beings, to pour or stream in a dense mass or throng , (Homer) 11. metaphorically of sounds, to pour forth , φωνήν, αὐδήν (Odyssey by Homer); φθόγγον (Aeschulus Tragicus) 12. of things that obscure the sight, κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν shed a dark cloud over the eyes, (Iliad by Homer); πολλὴν ἠέρα χεῦε shed a mist abroad, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass., ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ θάνατος χύτο was shed around him, (Iliad by Homer); νόσος κέχυται (Sophocles Tragicus); φρὶξ ἐπὶ πόντον ἐχεύατο (Mid. in passive sense), (Iliad by Homer) 13. of persons, ἀμφ᾽ αὐτῶι χυμένη throwing herself around him, (Homer): so in Mid., ἀμφὶ υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε (Iliad by Homer) 14. perfect passive κέχυμαι, to be wholly engaged in , Δᾶλος, ἐν ἇι κέχυμαι (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9734
χιονόομαι
chionoomai — to snow
to snow
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Common in Palestine in winter (Ps. 147:16). The snow on the tops of the Lebanon range is almost always within view throughout the whole year. The word is frequently used figuratively by the sacred writers (Job 24:19; Ps. 51:7; 68:14; Isa. 1:18). It is mentioned only once in the historical books (2 Sam. 23:20). It was “carried to Tyre, Sidon, and Damascus as a luxury, and labourers sweltering in the hot harvest-fields used it for the purpose of cooling the water which they drank (Prov. 25:13; Jer. 18:14). No doubt Herod Antipas, at his feasts in Tiberias, enjoyed also from this very source the modern luxury of ice-water.”
Scripture references
Psalms 147:16Job 24:19Psalms 51:7Psalms 68:14Isaiah 1:182 Samuel 23:20Proverbs 25:13Jeremiah 18:141Macc 13:22Psalms 148:8
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.