What does νότος (nótos) mean in the Bible?
νότος (nótos): South wind or south region, directionally located between east and west winds in Mediterranean maritime contexts.
Greek · G3558
νότος
The south(-west) wind; by extension, the southern quarter itself
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νότος G3558
Pronunciation nótos
What does νότος (nótos) mean in the Bible?
νότος (nótos): South wind or south region, directionally located between east and west winds in Mediterranean maritime contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3558?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of [the] South (2), [the] south (1), [the] south wind (1), a {gentle} south wind (1), a south wind (1).
Where does νότος (nótos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Acts (2), Matthew (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of [the] South 2× Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31
[the] south 1× Revelation 21:13
[the] south wind 1× Luke 12:55
a {gentle} south wind 1× Acts 27:13
a south wind 1× Acts 28:13
south 1× Luke 13:29
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 12:42 νότου to of [the] South Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 11:31 νότου to of [the] South Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 12:55 νότον to [the] south wind Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 13:29 νότου to south Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Acts 27:13 νότου to a {gentle} south wind Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Acts 28:13 νότου to a south wind Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 21:13 νότου to [the] south Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 12:42
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Luke 3 Acts 2 Revelation 1
Source forms
νότου 6x notou Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Luke 13:29, Acts 27:13
νότον 1x noton Luke 12:55
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 6x Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Luke 13:29, Acts 27:13
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 12:55
Evidence Summary
Greek word. South wind or south region, directionally located between east and west winds in Mediterranean maritime contexts.
Strong's G3558
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 2 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 11:29-32 Source Gloss
the south(-west) wind; by extension, the southern quarter itself
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
South wind or south region, directionally located between east and west winds in Mediterranean maritime contexts.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:42 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
νότου notou
the south wind, the South
Read verse Luke 11:31 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
νότου notou
the south wind, the South
Read verse Luke 12:55 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
νότον noton
the south wind, the South
Read verse Luke 13:29 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
νότου, notou
the south wind, the South
Read verse Acts 27:13 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
νότου, notou
the south wind, the South
Read verse Acts 28:13 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
νότου, notou
the south wind, the South
Read verse Revelation 21:13 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
νότου, notou
the south wind, the South
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Genitive (6) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:42 · Luke 11:31 · Luke 13:29 · Acts 27:13 · Acts 28:13 · Rev 21:13 6×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 12:55 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Geographical region, Queen of the South coming from distant lands
Meteorological wind direction, observable weather phenomenon
Cardinal direction, eschatological gathering of people from all directions
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
νότος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain