ΟΣΤΙΣΧΕΙΜΩΝ, οστισχειμων
OSTISCHEIMŌN, ostischeimōn
Sounds Like: HOS-tis KHEI-mon
Translations: whoever, whosoever, whatever, winter, storm, tempest
From the root: ΟΣΤΙΣ, ΧΕΙΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Relative Pronoun, Noun
Explanation: This appears to be a compound word or a phrase combining the relative pronoun 'ΟΣΤΙΣ' (hostis), meaning 'whoever' or 'whatever', and the noun 'ΧΕΙΜΩΝ' (cheimon), meaning 'winter', 'storm', or 'tempest'. The combination 'ΟΣΤΙΣ ΧΕΙΜΩΝ' would therefore mean 'whoever (or whatever) the storm' or 'whoever (or whatever) the winter'. In the provided context, it likely refers to 'whoever (faces) a storm' or 'whoever (is in) a storm', implying a person encountering difficult circumstances. It is a compound expression rather than a single lexical entry.
Inflection: ΟΣΤΙΣ: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine; ΧΕΙΜΩΝ: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s numbers: G3748 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5494 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΣΤΙΣ, ΧΕΙΜΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΣΤΙΣΧΕΙΜΩΝΑ — whoever, whosoever, anyone who, winter, storm, tempest, a winter, a storm, a tempest
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