STRONGS G2978:
λαῖλαψ ((
L T Tr WH) not
λαῖλαψ (Griesbach), cf.
Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 e.;
Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 37f; (
Chandler § 620;
Tdf. Proleg., p. 101)),
λαίλαπος,
ἡ (masculine in
א*
Mark 4:37; cf.
Thomas Magister, Ritschl edition, p. 226, 4),
a whirlwind, tempestuous wind:
2 Peter 2:17;
λαῖλαψ ἀνέμου (cf. German
Sturmwind;
ἄνεμος σύν λαίλαπι πολλή,
Homer, Iliad 17, 57), a violent attack of wind (
A. V. a storm of wind), a squall ((see below)),
Mark 4:37;
Luke 8:23. (The
Sept.,
Job 21:18;
Job 38:1; Wis. 5:15, 24; Sir. 48:9.) (According to
Schmidt (chapter 55 § 13),
λαῖλαψ is never a single gust, nor a steadily blowing wind, however violent; but a storm breaking forth from black thunder-clouds in furious gusts, with floods of rain, and throwing everything topsy-turvy; according to
Aristotle, de mund. 4, p. 395{a}, 7 it is 'a whirlwind revolving from below upward.')
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