Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3047: λίψλίψ, λιβός, ὁ (from λείβω (to pour forth), because it brings moisture); 1. the southwest wind: Herodotus 2, 25; Polybius 10, 10, 3; others. 2. the quarter of the heavens whence the southwest wind blows: Acts 27:12 (on which see βλέπω, 3 and κατά, II. 1 c.) (Genesis 13:14; Genesis 20:1; Numbers 2:10; Deuteronomy 33:23). |