Southwest
λίψStrong’s G3047lips
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Lips is the Greek word usually translated “southwest”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.”
Meaning
Usually translated “southwest”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- southwest 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
λίψ lips · southwest
λίψ, λιβός, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for תֵּימָן, מַעֲרָב, etc., 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “southwest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOUTHWEST, noun
[south and west.]
The point of the compass equally distant from the south and west.
All definitions and other forms of “southwest”
SOUTHWEST, adjective
- Lying in the direction of the southwest; as a southwest country.
- Coming from the southwest; as a southwest wind.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.