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