WINTER

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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). See SEASONS .