Word Summary
borras: north
Original Word: βορρᾶςTransliteration: borras
Phonetic Spelling: (bor-hras')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: north
Meaning: north
Strong's Concordance
north.
Of uncertain derivation; the north (properly, wind) -- north.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1005: βορρᾶςβορρᾶς,
βορρᾶ (
Winers Grammar, § 8, 1;
Buttmann, 20 (18)),
ὁ (equivalent to
βορέας,
βορέου), often (in Attic writings), in the
Sept. for
צָפון;
1. Boreas; the north-northeast wind.
2. the north: Luke 13:29; Revelation 21:13 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 121 (115) under the word μεσημβρία).