STRONGS NUMBER G417

Original Word: ἄνεμος
Transliteration: anemos
Phonetic Spelling: (an'-em-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: wind
Meaning: windwind.

From the base of aer; wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth) -- wind.

see GREEK aer

STRONGS NT 417: ἄνεμος

ἄνεμος, ἀνέμου, ὁ (ἄω, ἄημι, to breathe, blow, (but etymologists connect ἄω with Sanskritva, Greek ἀήρ, Latinventus, English wind, and ἄνεμος with Sanskritan, to breathe, etc.; cf. Curtius, §§ 419, 587; Vanicek, p. 28)) (from Homer down), wind, a violent agitation and stream of air (cf. (Trench, § lxxiii.) πνεῦμα, 1 at the end): Matthew 11:7; Matthew 14:24; James 3:4, etc.; of a very strong and tempestuous wind: Matthew 7:25; Mark 4:39; Luke 8:24, etc. οἱ τέσσαρες ἄνεμοι, the four principal or cardinal winds (Jeremiah 25:15 ()), τῆς γῆς, Revelation 7:16 hence, the four quarters of the heavens (whence the cardinal winds blow): Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27; (Ezekiel 37:9; 1 Chronicles 9:24). Metaphorically, ἄνεμος τῆς διδασκαλίας, variability and emptiness (?) of teaching, Ephesians 4:14.