King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3047
Transliteration: lips
Phonetic Spelling: (leeps)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: the southwest wind
Meaning: the southwest wind
λίψ, λιβός, ὁ (from λείβω (to pour forth), because it brings moisture);
Word Summary
lips: the southwest wind
Original Word: λίψTransliteration: lips
Phonetic Spelling: (leeps)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: the southwest wind
Meaning: the southwest wind
Strong's 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 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).