G3047: λίψ
líps · “southwest”
Definition
the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter)
KJV translates it as: southwest
Word origin: probably from (to pour a "libation");
Extended definition
λίψ, λιβός, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for תֵּימָן, מַעֲרָב, etc., Gen.13:14, Num.2:10, 2Ch.32:30, al. ;]
the SW. wind: βλέποντα κατὰ λ., Act.27:12 (see Page, in l; Deiss., ES, 141).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for תֵּימָן, מַעֲרָב, etc., Gen.13:14, Num.2:10, 2Ch.32:30, al. ;]
the SW. wind: βλέποντα κατὰ λ., Act.27:12 (see Page, in l; Deiss., ES, 141).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3047 is translated
- the southwest ×1
Bible verses with G3047 (líps)
Líps appears in 1 verse.
- Acts 27:12
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.