- λίψ
- the SW. wind
- a stream
- λίψ
- the south-west wind
- the south-west wind, and thus the quarter from which it comes.
- λίψ
- the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter)
Derivation: probably from λείβω (to pour a "libation");KJV Usage: southwest.
- λίψ
- southwest
- G:N-M
- λίψ, λιβός, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for תֵּימָן, מַעֲרָב, etc.,;]Refs
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)
1) the south west wind
2) the quarter of the heavens whence the south west wind blows
2) the quarter of the heavens whence the south west wind blows
λίψ
lips
leeps
Probably from λείβω leibō (to pour a “libation”); the south (southwest) wind (as bringing rain), that is, (by extension) the south quarter
KJV Usage: southwest.