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Northwest

χῶροςStrong’s G5566

chōros

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Chōros is the Greek word usually translated “northwest”. 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.”
Acts 27:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “northwest”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • northwest 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

    χῶρος chōros · northwest

    the North-west wind , Lat. Caurus, (New Testament) (ML)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “northwest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    NORTHWEST', adjective

    1. Pertaining to the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; as the northwest coast.
    2. Proceeding from the northwest; as a northwest 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.