Lexicon lips: the southwest wind Original Word: λίψ, λιβός, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: lips Phonetic Spelling: (leeps) Short Definition: the south-west wind Definition: the south-west wind, and thus the quarter from which it comes. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom leibó (to pour) Definitionthe southwest wind NASB Translationsouthwest (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 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).
Strong's southwest. Probably from leibo (to pour a "libation"); the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter) -- southwest. |
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