Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
snow
Usage: χιών, -όνος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁלֶג also (in Da) for תְּלַג ;] snow: Mat.28:3, Rev.1:14.† (AS)
Chion means “snow” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5510 — civan (“Sivan”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5510 χιών (chion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. chion (khee-one') n. 1. snow [perhaps akin to the base of G5490 (G5465) or G5494 (as descending or empty)] It has 30 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include snow. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
chion (khee-one') n. 1. snow [perhaps akin to the base of G5490 (G5465) or G5494 (as descending or empty)] KJV: snow See also: G5490, G5465, G5494
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snow
Usage: χιών, -όνος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁלֶג also (in Da) for תְּלַג ;] snow: Mat.28:3, Rev.1:14.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chion, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 1 Enoch, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5510 (χιών) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
18 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord said again to him, Put thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow.
And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Kabzeel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Wherefore Trypho made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came not. So he departed, and came into the country of Gilead.
But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, That they might know that fire burning in the hail, And sparkling in the rain, Did destroy the fruits of the enemies.
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
5 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was
portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there
thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and
First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5510.
And the Lord said again to him, Put thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow.
And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Kabzeel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
The leprosy also of Naaman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the son of a mighty man: many were his acts for Kabzeel: he smote two lionlike men of Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
They who used to reverence me, now have come against me Like snow or congealed ice.
For if I should wash myself with snow, And purge myself with pure hands,
Commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, And the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.
But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? And hast thou seen the treasures of hail?
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
He gives snow like wool: He scatters the mist like ashes.
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; The things that perform his word.
For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
Will fertilizing streams fail to flow from a rock, or snow fail from Lebanon? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside?
Her Nazirites were made purer than snow, They were whiter than milk, They were purified as with fire, Their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.
I beheld until the thrones were set, and the Ancient of days sat; and his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head as pure wool: his throne was a flame of fire, and his wheels burning fire.
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Wherefore Trypho made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came not. So he departed, and came into the country of Gilead.
But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, That they might know that fire burning in the hail, And sparkling in the rain, Did destroy the fruits of the enemies.
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
The eye marveleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, And the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was
portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there
thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and
pregnant by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house
have I approached. And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5510, grouped by book.
Chion (Strong's G5510) is a Greek word most simply glossed "snow". chion (khee-one') n. 1. snow [perhaps akin to the base of G5490 (G5465) or G5494 (as descending or empty)]
This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's G5510 across 19 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5510 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as snow. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 18 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 5 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5510, with linked reader references where each row is available.