noun · masculine
lipsos
Greekλίψ (lips)
Strong’sG3047
the south-west wind
stem lips-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λίψ, λιβός, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for תֵּימָן, מַעֲרָבָה, etc., Ge 13:14, Nu 2:10, II Ch 32:30, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3047 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidleeps
the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter)
Fromprobably from λείβω (to pour a "libation");
King Jamessouthwest.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lipsos | lipsois |
| object accusative | lipson1×λίβα | lipsoin |
| direct address vocative | lipsor | lipsoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | lipsou | lipsoiu |
| to, for dative | lipso | lipsoi |
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
lipso 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
lipson“southwest”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 27:12“southwest”aneuthetou de tou limēnou huparcharōtou pros paracheimasian tois polloterois tithela boulan anagira ekeithen, ei pōs duneloiō katantaratois eis Foinixon paracheimazara, limēnon tau Krētau bleparōton kata lipson kai kata chōron.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.