Strong's Greek #3047 - λίψ, λιβός, ὁ lips (the southwest wind)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance southwest. Probably from leibo (to pour a "libation"); the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter) -- southwest. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 3047: λίψλίψ, λιβός, ὁ (from λείβω (to pour forth), because it brings moisture);1. the southwest wind: Herodotus 2, 25; Polybius 10, 10, 3; others. 2. the quarter of the heavens whence the southwest wind blows: Acts 27:12 (on which see βλέπω, 3 and κατά, II. 1 c.) (Genesis 13:14; Genesis 20:1; Numbers 2:10; Deuteronomy 33:23). Englishman's Concordance (References) |