Bible Dictionary
WINTER
Winter is the cold and rainy season, also associated in some passages with autumn harvest conditions. The New Testament uses the term for remaining through the winter.
Definition
Winter is the cold and rainy season. The term can also refer to the autumn harvest season, and its associated verb means to remain through the winter.
Biblical Usage
Biblical references associate winter with rain, cold, and the seasonal cycle. In Acts, to winter means to pass the winter in a particular place.
Historical Background
The Hebrew terms choreph and cethaw and the Greek term cheimon designate the rainy or cold season. The Greek verb paracheimazo and related noun refer to passing the winter.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>win'-ter (choreph, from charaph, "to inundate," "overflow"): The rainy season, also the autumn harvest season (Ge 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 (So 2:11). cheimon, corresponds to choreph as the rainy season, and the verb paracheimazo, signifies "to pass the winter" (Ac 27:12), the noun from which is paracheimasia (same place).</p><p>See SEASONS.</p>