λαῖλαψ lailaps · G2978
storm
λαῖλαψ, -απος, ἡ ; [in LXX: Job.21:18 27:20 א (סוּפָה) Job.38:1, Jer.25:32 (סַעַר), Wis.5:14, 23, Sir.48:9, 12 * ; ] ; a hurricane, whirlwind: Mrk.4:37, Luk.8:23, 2Pe.2:17.†; SYN.: θύελλα, which see, and cf. ἄνεμος (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
λαῖλαψ, ᾰπος, ἡ, ; furious storm, hurricane, βαῖνον ἐρεμνῇ λαίλαπι ἶσοι [], a whirlwind sweeping upwards: metaphorically, ἔτλης λαίλαπα δυσμενέων []—Not found in early Prose, but common later,[]:—a form λαιλαπετός, ὁ, occurs in []
Where it's used 3 times
Mark 4:37 · Luke 8:23 · 2 Peter 2:17
Source: TBESG G2978; TFLSJ G2978
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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