STRONGS G2824:
κλίμα or
κλίμα (on the accent cf. references under the word
κρίμα),
κλιματος,
τό (
κλίνω);
1. an inclination, slope, declivity:
τῶν ὁρῶν,
Polybius 2, 16, 3; (others). specifically,
2. the (supposed) sloping of the earth from the equator toward the poles, a zone:
Aristotle,
Dionysius Halicarnassus,
Plutarch, others;
Josephus,
b. j. 5, 12, 2.
3. a tract of land, a region:
Romans 15:23;
2 Corinthians 11:10;
Galatians 1:21; (
Polybius 5,44,6; 7,6, 1;
Herodian, 2, 11, 8 (4 edition, Bekker); others).
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