Strong’s G5510 · Greek
χιών
chiṓn
Definition
snow
Etymology
perhaps akin to the base of G5490 (χάσμα) (G5465 (χαλάω)) or G5494 (χειμών) (as descending or empty);
Where the KJV renders it
- snow
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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