noun · masculine
anemos
Strong’sG417
the wind
stem anem-31 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books8 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Wind, the moving air, is the basic meaning of this word 1234. It is used both in the singular and the plural for winds that blow, calm, or rage, including in scenes of storms at sea and on land 1.
The plural is also used for the four directions or quarters of the heavens (as in "the four winds"), since these were named for the winds that blew from them 123.
The word is also used figuratively for instability, describing teaching that shifts about like wind blowing in every direction 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἄνεμος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for רוּחַ;]
SYN.: πνεῦμα, πνοή (and cf. θύελλα, λαῖλαψ).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G417 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan'-em-os
wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth)
Fromfrom the base of G109;
King Jameswind.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
wind, πέτετο πνοιῇ ἀνέμοιοRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀνέμου κατιόντος μεγάλου a gale having come on, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνέμου ἐξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενομένου Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄνεμος κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς the wind being set in the north, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδιδόναι τι cast a thing to the winds, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατ᾽ ἄνεμον στῆναι stand to leeward, Refs 4th c.BC+ 'unstable as the wind', Refs 5th c.BC+; φέρειν τιν᾽ ἄρας (sic l.) ἄ. a very wind to carry off, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀνέμους θηρᾶν ἐν δικτύοις try to catch the wind, and ἀνέμῳ διαλέγεσθαι talk to the wind, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 cardinal point, quarter, ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀ.LXX+1st c.BC+; τὸ κατ᾽ ἄνεμον aspect, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II wind in the body, Refs 5th c.BC+ 'blow, breathe', cf. Sanskrit áni-ti 'breathes', Gothic uzanan 'expire', etc.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anemos8×ἄνεμος | anemois3×ἄνεμοι |
| object accusative | anemon1×ἄνεμον | anemoin2×ἀνέμους |
| direct address vocative | anemor | anemoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | anemou7×ἀνέμου | anemoiu4×ἀνέμων |
| to, for dative | anemo4×ἀνέμῳ | anemoi2×ἀνέμοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
anemo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
31 occurrences, every one of them listed
anemos“wind”subjectnominative singular8×
Matthew 14:24… teiu kumeiu, ate gar enantios tos anemos.… buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
Matthew 14:32… autoiu eis tem ploiem kopazata tos anemos.… climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.
Mark 4:39… thalassa; Siōpasōr, fimosēr. kai kopazata tos anemos, kai geneta galēnas megas.… He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly …
Mark 4:41… ara houtos atō hoti kai tos anemos kai tas thalassas hupakouatō auto?… Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
Mark 6:48… en te elaunarō, ate gar tos anemos enantios autoi, peri tetartan fulakan tau …… were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth …
Mark 6:51… eis tem ploiem, kai kopazata tos anemos. kai liōs ek perisseu en heautoi …… the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were …
Acts 27:14“wind”… ouk pollem de balata kata autau anemos tufōnikos tos kalorōntos Eurakulōnos;But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down …
Revelation 7:1… anemoin tau gēau, hina mē pnateiō anemos epi tau gēau mēte epi tau …… its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea …
anemon“wind”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 14:30bleparōntos de ton anemon ischuron fobita, kai archerantos katapontizorō krazata …… he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to …
anemou“wind”of, belonging togenitive singular7×
Matthew 11:7… eis tan erēman theasera? kalamon hupo anemou saleuorōnton?… see? A reed swaying in the wind?
Mark 4:37“wind”kai genotō lailapas megas anemou, kai teim kumeim epibalate eis tem …… came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so …
Luke 7:24… eis tan erēman theasera? kalamon hupo anemou saleuorōnton?… see? A reed swaying in the wind?
Luke 8:23“wind”… de autoiu afupnata. kai katabainata lailapas anemou eis tan limnan, kai sumplērole kai …As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were …
John 6:18tas tē thalassas anemou megou pnarōntou diegeirote.A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew …
Acts 27:7… tan Knidan, mē proseasarōntou nin tou anemou, hupoplana tan Krētan kata Salmōnan,… we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the …
Revelation 6:13… sukas balatō toin olunthoin autau hupo anemou megou seiorōntas,… a tree shaken by a great wind.
anemo“wind”to, fordative singular4×
Mark 4:39kai diegeirirantos epitimata to anemo kai legata ta thalassa; Siōpasōr, fimosēr. …… Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded …
Luke 8:24… apolonō; tos de diegeirirantos epitimata to anemo kai to kludōno teu hudeu, kai …… Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they …
Acts 27:15… ploieu kai mē dunorōnteu antofthalmarō to anemo epidōarantois ferone.Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So …
Ephesians 4:14… aneiō nēpiois, kludōnizorōntois kai periferorōntois panto anemo tau didaskaliau en ta kubeia toiu …… waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever …
anemois“winds”subjectnominative plural3×
Matthew 7:25… erchala tois potamois kai pnala tois anemois kai prospiptala ta oikia ekeina, kai …… fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house …
Matthew 7:27… erchala tois potamois kai pnala tois anemois kai proskoptala ta oikia ekeina, kai …… fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house …
Matthew 8:27… Potapos atō houtos hoti kai tois anemois kai tas thalassas auto hupakoualō?… of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
anemoin“winds”objectaccusative plural2×
Acts 27:4… hupoplana tan Kupran dia tem toin anemoin arō enantioin,… the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
Revelation 7:1… gōniain tau gēau, kratarōntoin toin tessares anemoin tau gēau, hina mē pnateiō anemos …… the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow …
anemoiu“winds”of, belonging togenitive plural4×
Matthew 24:31… toin eklektoin autou ek toiu tessares anemoiu apo akreiu ouranoiu heōs teiu akreiu …… gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens …
Mark 13:27… episunagati toin eklektoin ek toiu tessares anemoiu apo akreu gēau heōs akreu ouranou.… gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth …
James 3:4… teim ploieim, tēlikouteim arōnteim kai hupo anemoiu sklēroiu elaunorōnteim, metagotō hupo elachisteu pēdalieu …… large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very …
Jude 1:12“winds”… afobōs heautoin poimanarōntois, nefelais anudrais hupo anemoiu paraferorōntais, dendreim fthinopōrineim akarpeim dis apothnēskaranteim …… shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being …
anemoi“winds”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 8:26… avō, oligopistoir? tote egerirantos epitimata toi anemoi kai ta thalassa, kai geneta galēnas …… He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was …
Luke 8:25… ara houtos atō hoti kai toi anemoi epitassatō kai te hude, kai hupakoualō …… is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey …