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Wind

The Hebrews, like us, acknowledge four principal winds, Ezek. xiii, 16–18: the east wind, the north wind, the south wind, and the west wind, or that from the Mediterranean sea. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: H5686, H7308, G0417, H6828, H6921, H8486, G1210, G4157, H7307
Hebrew: עָבַת · ʻâbath
Greek: ἄνεμος · anemos

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Spirit / Ruach

Ruach can mean: • wind • breath • spirit The Greek pneuma has a similarly broad range.

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עָבַת

H5686

Transliteration: ʻâbath
Pronunciation: aw-bath'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

wind, weave, wrap up.

Lexicon definition

to interlace, i.e. (figuratively) to pervert

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רוּחַ

H7308

Transliteration: rûwach
Pronunciation: roo'-akh
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 11

Glosses

wind, spirit, mind, spirit, wind.

Lexicon definition

{wind

by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation

figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality

by extension, a region of the sky

by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)}

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄνεμος

G0417

Transliteration: anemos
Language: Greek
Part of speech: G:N-M
Indexed occurrences: 31

Glosses

wind

Lexicon definition

ἄνεμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for רוּחַ ;] wind: Mat.11:7 14:24, 30 14:32, Mrk.4:37, 39 4:41 6:48, 51, Luk.7:24 8:23-24, Jhn.6:13, Act.27:7, 14-15, Jas.3:4, Rev.6:13 7:1; pl., Mat.7:25, 27 8:26-27, Luk.8:25, Act.27:4, Ju 12; οἱ τέσσαρες ἄ. τῆς γῆς, Rev.7:1; hence the four quarters of the heavens (see Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, see word), Mat.24:31, Mrk.13:27; metaphorically, of variable teaching, Eph 414.† SYN.: πνεῦμα, πνοή (and cf. θύελλα, λαῖλαψ). (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Ἄνεμος

G0417

Transliteration: ánemos
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 31

Glosses

wind

Lexicon definition

the wind; met. levity, emptiness, Ep. 4.14.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

צָפוֹן

H6828

Transliteration: tsâphôwn
Pronunciation: tsaw-fone'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 153

Glosses

north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).

Lexicon definition

properly, hidden, i.e. dark

used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)

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קָדִים

H6921

Transliteration: qâdîym
Pronunciation: kaw-deem'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 69

Glosses

east(-ward, wind).

Lexicon definition

the fore or front part

hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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תֵּימָן

H8486

Transliteration: têymân
Pronunciation: tay-mawn'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 23

Glosses

south (side, -ward, wind).

Lexicon definition

the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)

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δέω

G1210

Transliteration: déō
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 43

Glosses

bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind

Lexicon definition

to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

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πνοή

G4157

Transliteration: pnoḗ
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 2

Glosses

breath, wind

Lexicon definition

respiration, a breeze

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רוּחַ

H7307

Transliteration: rûwach
Pronunciation: roo'-akh
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 378

Glosses

breath, wind, spirit, air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Lexicon definition

wind

by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation

figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality

by extension, a region of the sky

by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ἄνεμος

G0417

Transliteration: ánemos
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 31

Glosses

wind

Lexicon definition

wind

(plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth)

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רוּחַ

H7306

Transliteration: rûwach
Pronunciation: roo'-akh
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 11

Glosses

accept, smell, [idiom] touch, make of quick understanding.

Lexicon definition

properly, to blow, i.e. breathe

only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)

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רוּחַ

H7307

Transliteration: rûwach
Pronunciation: roo'-akh
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 378

Glosses

air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Lexicon definition

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רוּחַ

H7308

Transliteration: rûwach
Pronunciation: roo'-akh
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 11

Glosses

mind, spirit, wind.

Lexicon definition

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Winds

Blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6). The east wind was parching (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8). This wind prevails in Palestine from February to June, as the west wind (Luke 12:54) does from November to February. The south was a hot wind (Job 37:17; Luke 12:55). It swept over the Arabian peninsula. The rush of invaders is figuratively spoken of as a whirlwind (Isa. 21:1); a commotion among the nations of the world as a striving of the four winds (Dan. 7:2). The winds are subject to the divine power (Ps. 18:10; 135:7).

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

WIND

The Hebrews, like us, acknowledge four principal winds, Ezek. xiii, 16–18: the east wind, the north wind, the south wind, and the west wind, or that from the Mediterranean sea. See WHIRLWIND.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Wind

Indexed occurrences: 131

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Winds

Indexed occurrences: 23

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All Scripture references432 references

Job 37

Psalms 44

Proverbs 20

Ecclesiastes 21

Isaiah 47

Jeremiah 17

Jeremiah 2:24 Jeremiah 4:11 Jeremiah 4:12 Jeremiah 5:13 Jeremiah 10:13 Jeremiah 10:14 Jeremiah 13:24 Jeremiah 14:6 Jeremiah 18:17 Jeremiah 22:22 Jeremiah 49:32 Jeremiah 49:36 Jeremiah 51:1 Jeremiah 51:11 Jeremiah 51:16 Jeremiah 51:17 Jeremiah 52:23

Lamentations 1

Lamentations 4:20

Ezekiel 44

Daniel 15

Daniel 2:1 Daniel 2:3 Daniel 2:35 Daniel 4:5 Daniel 4:6 Daniel 4:15 Daniel 5:11 Daniel 5:12 Daniel 5:14 Daniel 5:20 Daniel 6:4 Daniel 7:2 Daniel 7:15 Daniel 8:8 Daniel 11:4

Hosea 8

Hosea 4:12 Hosea 4:19 Hosea 5:4 Hosea 8:7 Hosea 9:7 Hosea 12:1 Hosea 12:2 Hosea 13:15

Joel 2

Joel 3:1 Joel 3:2

Amos 3

Amos 1:14 Amos 4:13 Amos 6:5

Jonah 3

Jonah 1:4 Jonah 4 Jonah 4:8

Micah 4

Micah 2:7 Micah 2:11 Micah 3:8 Micah 7:3

Habakkuk 3

Habakkuk 1:9 Habakkuk 1:11 Habakkuk 2:19

Haggai 2

Haggai 1:14 Haggai 2:5

Zechariah 10

Zechariah 2:6 Zechariah 2:10 Zechariah 4:6 Zechariah 5:9 Zechariah 6:5 Zechariah 6:8 Zechariah 7:12 Zechariah 12:1 Zechariah 12:10 Zechariah 13:2

Malachi 2

Malachi 2:15 Malachi 2:16

Matthew 9

Matthew 7:25 Matthew 7:27 Matthew 8:26 Matthew 8:27 Matthew 11:7 Matthew 14:24 Matthew 14:30 Matthew 14:32 Matthew 24:31

Mark 6

Mark 1:16 Mark 4:39 Mark 4:41 Mark 6:48 Mark 6:51 Mark 13:27

Luke 9

Luke 4:36 Luke 7:24 Luke 8:24 Luke 8:25 Luke 12:54 Luke 12:55 Luke 13:11 Luke 24:37 Luke 24:42

John 3

John 3:8 John 6:18 John 21:1

Acts 12

Acts 1:3 Acts 2:2 Acts 7:59 Acts 12:4 Acts 27:4 Acts 27:7 Acts 27:8 Acts 27:13 Acts 27:14 Acts 27:15 Acts 27:40 Acts 28:13

Ephesians 1

Ephesians 4:14

Hebrews 1

Hebrews 1:7

James 2

James 1:6 James 3:4

Revelation 2

Revelation 6:13 Revelation 7:1

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

WIND

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Nave’s Topical Bible references for WIND.

Indexed references: 16

Scripture references:

Genesis 41:6 Ezekiel 19:12 Hosea 13:15 Luke 12:55 Jonah 4:8 Job 27:21 Exodus 10:19 Proverbs 25:23 Job 37:17 Job 37:9 Job 37:21 Hosea 4:19 Jeremiah 22:22 Matthew 7:25 John 3:8 Ephesians 4:14

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Sources

Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
Historical Reference: concordance
Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
Historical Reference: Installed reference work

Ancient Context2 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 16

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Of The Building Of This Temple

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 3

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EAST WIND

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WIND

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Circuit

The apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (Ps. 19:6), and the changes of the wind (Eccl. 1:6). In Job 22:14, "in the circuit of heaven" (R.V. marg., "on the vault of heaven") means the "arch of heaven," which seems to be bent over our heads.

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East wind

The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" (Gen. 41:6); the withered "gourd" (Jonah 4: 8). It was the cause and also the emblem of evil (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12; Hos. 13:15). In Palestine this wind blows from a burning desert, and hence is destitute of moisture necessary for vegetation.

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Elzaphan

God of the northeast wind

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Euroclydon

South-east billow, the name of the wind which blew in the Adriatic Gulf, and which struck the ship in which Paul was wrecked on the coast of Malta (Acts 27:14; R.V., "Euraquilo," i.e., north-east wind). It is called a "tempestuous wind," i.e., as literally rendered, a "typhonic wind," or a typhoon. It is the modern Gregalia or Levanter. (Comp. Jonah 1:4.)

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Fair Havens

A harbour in the south of Crete, some 5 miles to the east of which was the town of Lasea (Acts 27:8). Here the ship of Alexandria in which Paul and his companions sailed was detained a considerable time waiting for a favourable wind. Contrary to Paul's advice, the master of the ship determined to prosecute the voyage, as the harbour was deemed incommodious for wintering in (9-12). The result was that, after a stormy voyage, the vessel was finally wrecked on the coast of Malta (27:40-44).

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Fan

A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See [205]AGRICULTURE.)

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Fishing, the art of

Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jesus called his disciples (Mark 1:16-20), and it was in a fishing-boat he rebuked the winds and the waves (Matt. 8:26) and delivered that remarkable series of prophecies recorded in Matt. 13. He twice miraculously fed multitudes with fish and bread (Matt. 14:19; 15:36). It was in the mouth of a fish that the tribute-money was found (Matt. 17:27). And he "ate a piece of broiled fish" with his disciples after his resurrection (Luke 24:42, 43; comp. Acts 1:3). At the Sea of Tiberias (John 21:1-14), in obedience to his direction, the disciples cast their net "on the right side of the ship," and enclosed so many that "they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes." Two kinds of fishing-nets are mentioned in the New Testament: (1.) The casting-net (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). (2.) The drag-net or seine (Matt. 13:48). Fish were also caught by the fishing-hook (Matt. 17:27). (See [212]NET.)

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Jamin

right hand; south wind

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Main-sail

(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," near the prow, or the "fore-sail," as likely to be most useful in bringing a ship's head to the wind in the circumstances described (Acts 27:40).

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Mildew

(the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "to be yellow," yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering the grain unproductive (Deut. 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28).

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Nehiloth

Only in the title of Ps. 5. It is probably derived from a root meaning "to bore," "perforate," and hence denotes perforated wind instruments of all kinds. The psalm may be thus regarded as addressed to the conductor of the temple choir which played on flutes and such-like instruments.

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Organ

Some kind of wind instrument, probably a kind of Pan's pipes (Gen. 4:21; Job 21:12; Ps. 150:4), which consisted of seven or eight reeds of unequal length.

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Pipe

(1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored through," and is the name given to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan-pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5 this word is rendered "instrument of music." This instrument is mentioned also in the New Testament (Matt. 11:17; 1 Cor. 14:7). It is still used in Palestine, and is, as in ancient times, made of different materials, as reed, copper, bronze, etc.

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Sackbut

(Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument.

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Spirit

(Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thess. 2:8 it means "breath," and in Eccl. 8:8 the vital principle in man. It also denotes the rational, immortal soul by which man is distinguished (Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 5:5; 6:20; 7:34), and the soul in its separate state (Heb. 12:23), and hence also an apparition (Job 4:15; Luke 24:37, 39), an angel (Heb. 1:14), and a demon (Luke 4:36; 10:20). This word is used also metaphorically as denoting a tendency (Zech. 12:10; Luke 13:11). In Rom. 1:4, 1 Tim. 3:16, 2 Cor. 3:17, 1 Pet. 3:18, it designates the divine nature.

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Wheel

(Heb. galgal; rendered "wheel" in Ps. 83:13, and "a rolling thing" in Isa. 17:13; R.V. in both, "whirling dust"). This word has been supposed to mean the wild artichoke, which assumes the form of a globe, and in autumn breaks away from its roots, and is rolled about by the wind in some places in great numbers.

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Winnow

Corn was winnowed, (1.) By being thrown up by a shovel against the wind. As a rule this was done in the evening or during the night, when the west wind from the sea was blowing, which was a moderate breeze and fitted for the purpose. The north wind was too strong, and the east wind came in gusts. (2.) By the use of a fan or van, by which the chaff was blown away (Ruth 3:2; Isa. 30:24; Jer. 4:11, 12; Matt. 3:12).

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Winds

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Wind

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Genesis 16

Exodus 10

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 2

Judges 10

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 10

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

Job 37

Psalms 44

Proverbs 20

Ecclesiastes 21

Isaiah 47

Jeremiah 17

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 44

Daniel 15

Hosea 8

Joel 2

Amos 3

Jonah 3

Micah 4

Habakkuk 3

Haggai 2

Zechariah 10

Malachi 2

Matthew 9

Mark 6

Luke 9

John 3

Acts 12

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

James 2

Revelation 2