STRONGS NUMBER G1005


Word Summary
borras: north
Original Word: βορρᾶς
Transliteration: 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: βορρᾶς

βορρᾶς, βορρᾶ (Winers Grammar, § 8, 1; Buttmann, 20 (18)), (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).