STRONGS G417:
ἄνεμος,
-ου,
ὁ, (
ἄω,
ἄημι, to breathe, blow, [but etymologists connect
ἄω with Sanskrit
vâ, 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 (
Jer. 49:36)),
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.
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