noun · masculine

notos

Greekνότος (notos)

Strong’sG3558

the south wind, the South

stem not-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

south4×south wind3×

What it means

νότος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for דָּרוֹם, תֵּימָן and קָדִים;]

1. prop., the south wind: Lk 12:55, Ac 27:13 28:13.

2. South: Lk 13:29, Re 21:13.

3. the South, as a region (cf. נֶגֶב): Mt 12:42, Lk 11:31.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3558 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnot'-os

the south(-west) wind; by extension, the southern quarter itself

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamessouth (wind).

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	notos	notois
object accusative	noton1×νότον	notoin
direct address vocative	notor	notoir
of, belonging to genitive	notou6×νότου	notoiu
to, for dative	noto	notoi

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

notstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

noto 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

7 occurrences, every one of them listed

noton“south wind”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 12:55“south wind”kai hotan noton pnarōton, legavō hoti Kausōnos eti, kai ginetō.And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

notou“south”of, belonging togenitive singular6×

Matthew 12:42“south”basilisas notou egeiriti en ta krisia meta tau geneau houtau kai katakrinati autan; hoti erchata ek teiu perateiu tau gēau akouara tan sofian Solomōnou, kai idou polloterem Solomōnou hōde.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 11:31“south”basilisas notou egeiriti en ta krisia meta toiu anēroiu tau geneau houtau kai katakrinati autoin; hoti erchata ek teiu perateiu tau gēau akouara tan sofian Solomōnou, kai idou polloterem Solomōnou hōde.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 13:29“south”kai hēkali apo anatolaiu kai dusmaiu kai apo borraou kai notou kai anaklinili en ta basileia tou theou.People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

Acts 27:13“south wind”Hupopnaratou de notou dokaratois tau prothesiau kratarē airaratois asson paralegele tan Krētan.When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

Acts 28:13“south wind”hothen periairaratois katantana eis Rēgiem. kai meta henan hēmeran epigineratou notou deuteraiois erchana eis Potioloin,From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

Revelation 21:13“south”apo anatolau pulōnois treis, kai apo borraou pulōnois treis, kai apo notou pulōnois treis, kai apo dusmaiu pulōnois treis;There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.