Cheimon denotes the winter season, including its timing, weather, and difficult travel conditions.

The occurrences consistently refer to the winter season: as a time to arrive before, a season in which flight is feared, a stated setting for a feast, and the setting of severe storm conditions.

1. The winter season in varied settings · dominant

   The genitive singular form marks the time to come before in 2 Timothy 4:21 and the time prayed against for a flight in Mark 13:18 and Matthew 24:20; in those verses the APB renders “before winter” and “in winter.” The nominative singular occurs in John 10:22, where the APB states that the Feast of Dedication was held when “it was winter,” and in Matthew 16:3 amid a statement about stormy weather; Acts 27:20 places the genitive singular in the description of a severe winter storm.

   2 Timothy 4:21Acts 27:20John 10:22Mark 13:18Matthew 16:3Matthew 24:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “winter” in 2 Timothy 4:21, John 10:22, Mark 13:18, and Matthew 24:20, and “winter storm” in Acts 27:20. In Matthew 16:3 it renders the surrounding weather statement as “It will be stormy today,” so the term's individual contribution is less isolated in that translation.