παραχειμασία

paracheimasia

wintering

Strong’s G3915Noun, feminine1 time in the New Testament (critical text)

winter in1

In the text

Acts 27:12παραχειμασίαν
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

παρα-χειμασία, -ας, ἡ
(παρα-χειμάζω)
a wintering: Act.27:12 (Polyb., al.).†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.