verb
cheimazomō
Strong’sG5492
I am storm-tossed
stem cheimaz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
χειμάζω
(< χεῖμα, winter cold) [in LXX: Pr 26:10 (†) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5492 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhi-mad'-zo
to storm, i.e. (passively) to labor under a gale
Fromfrom the same as G5494;
King Jamesbe tossed with tempest.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(future -άσωRefs 4th c.BC+:—transitive, expose to the winter cold: found only in passive, to be exposed thereto, Refs 5th c.BC+; pass the winter, Refs 5th c.BC+; of trees, live through the winter, χειμασθέντα [δένδρα] Refs
2 intransitive, pass the winter, Refs 5th c.BC+: of armies, go into winter quarters, Refs 5th c.BC+
II raise a storm or tempest, θεοῦ τοιαῦτα χειμάζοντος Refs 5th c.BC+: impersonal, ἐχείμαζε ἡμέρας τρεῖς the storm continued, Refs 5th c.BC+; χειμάσει there will be stormy weather, Refs 4th c.BC+
III with accusative, drive forth or away, of a storm, ἔξω χ. [τοὺς μύας] Refs:—passive, to be driven by a storm, overtaken by it, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 metaphorically, toss like a storm, distress, τόδ᾽ αἷμα χ. πόλιν Refs 5th c.BC+: also, annoy, vex, Refs 5th c.BC+; σφὴξ τοῖς κέντροις πλήσσων ἐχείμαζε Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be tempest-tossed, distressed, especially of the state considered as a ship, Refs 5th c.BC+; also of single persons, κατὰ θάλασσαν χειμασθεῖσαι (as example of a ψυχικὸν πάθος) Refs 2nd c.AD+; suffer grievously, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν στρατείαις ἢ νόσοις ἢ ἐν θαλάττῃ χ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of feverish patients, χειμάζονται μάλιστα πεμπταῖοι Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| cheimazorōntoiuχειμαζομένων | happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine | battered by the storm | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | cheimazomō | cheimazome | cheimazomē | cheimazomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | cheimazosō | cheimazose | cheimazosē | cheimazoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cheimazotō | cheimazote | cheimazotē | cheimazotelē |
| we 1st person plural | cheimazonō | cheimazone | cheimazonē | cheimazonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | cheimazovō | cheimazove | cheimazovē | cheimazovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | cheimazolō | cheimazole | cheimazolē | cheimazolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | cheimazomeiō | cheimazomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | cheimazoseiō | cheimazoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cheimazoteiō | cheimazoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | cheimazoneiō | cheimazoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | cheimazoveiō | cheimazoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | cheimazoleiō | cheimazoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | cheimazosōr | cheimazosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cheimazotōr | cheimazotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | cheimazovōr | cheimazovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | cheimazolōr | cheimazolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | cheimazomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | cheimazosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cheimazotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | cheimazonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | cheimazovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | cheimazoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | cheimazorō | cheimazorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | cheimazorōntos1× | cheimazorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
cheimaz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
cheimazorōntoiu“battered by the storm”happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine1×
Acts 27:18“battered by the storm”sfodrōs de cheimazorōntoiu nu ta hexēs ekbolan poiole,We were tossed so violently that the next day the …