3047. lips
Strong's Concordance
lips: the southwest wind
Original Word: λίψ, λιβός, ὁ
Part 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 Origin
from leibó (to pour)
Definition
the southwest wind
NASB Translation
southwest (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3047: λίψ

λίψ, λιβός, (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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
southwest.

Probably from leibo (to pour a "libation"); the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter) -- southwest.

Forms and Transliterations
λιβα λίβα λιβί λιβός λίψ λοβόν λοβούς liba líba
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 27:12 N-AMS
GRK: βλέποντα κατὰ λίβα καὶ κατὰ
NAS: facing southwest and northwest,
KJV: toward the south west and
INT: looking toward southwest and toward

Strong's Greek 3047
1 Occurrence


λίβα — 1 Occ.

















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