3047. lips

Lexicon

lips: West, Western

Original Word: λίψ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: lips
Pronunciation: leaps
Phonetic Spelling: (leeps)
KJV: southwest
NASB: southwest
Word Origin: [probably from leibo "to pour a libation"]

1. the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain)
2. (by extension) the south quarter

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.

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, 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).

Forms and Transliterations

λιβα λίβα λιβί λιβός λίψ λοβόν λοβούς liba líba

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.