Lexicon anemos: wind Original Word: ἄνεμος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: anemos Phonetic Spelling: (an'-em-os) Short Definition: the wind Definition: the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. HELPS word-Studies 417 ánemos – properly, a gust of air (wind); (figuratively) something with gusting, storm-like force, like someone bent in a particular direction (cf. Eph 4:14; Rev 7:1). (Mk 6:48) Ironically, obedience to the Lord sometimes does bring us into storms! Here God meets (transforms) us in ways that could never happen otherwise. Praise the Lord! Mk 6:45,48: "45Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away. . . . 48Seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind (417 /ánemos) was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them" (NASU). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a prim. root ane- (to blow, breathe) Definitionwind NASB Translationwind (20), winds (11).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 417: ἄνεμοςἄνεμος, ἀνέμου, ὁ ( ἄω, ἄημι, to breathe, blow, (but etymologists connect ἄω with Sanskrit va, Greek ἀήρ, Latin ventus, English wind, and ἄνεμος with Sanskrit an, to breathe, etc.; cf. Curtius, §§ 419, 587; Vanicek, p. 28)) (from Homer down), wind, a violent agitation and stream of air (cf. ( Trench, § lxxiii.) πνεῦμα, 1 at the end): Matthew 11:7; Matthew 14:24; James 3:4, etc.; of a very strong and tempestuous wind: Matthew 7:25; Mark 4:39; Luke 8:24, etc. οἱ τέσσαρες ἄνεμοι, the four principal or cardinal winds ( Jeremiah 25:15 ()), τῆς γῆς, Revelation 7:16 hence, the four quarters of the heavens (whence the cardinal winds blow): Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27; (Ezekiel 37:9; 1 Chronicles 9:24). Metaphorically, ἄνεμος τῆς διδασκαλίας, variability and emptiness (?) of teaching, Ephesians 4:14.
Strong's wind. From the base of aer; wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth) -- wind. see GREEK aer |
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