Líps — G3047

Definition

masculine noun

the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter)

1. the southwest wind
2. the quarter of the heavens whence the southwest wind blows

Usually translated as

southwest

Origin

probably from leíbō (to pour a "libation")

Occurrences

Líps occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1)

• Acts 27:12 — And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the (λίβα) south west and north west.