Strong's Greek · G3047

λίψ

líps

southwest

Definition

the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter)

Derivation

probably from (to pour a "libation");

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Acts 27:12

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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