What does ἄνεμος · τυφωνικός mean in the Bible?
ἄνεμος · τυφωνικός is a Greek phrase meaning "Typhonic, hurricane-force wind".
Greek · G417, G5189
ἄνεμος τυφωνικὸς
Wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth) · stormy (as if smoky)
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ἄνεμος G417 wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth)
Pronunciation ánemos
Wind as literal force or metaphor for unstable doctrines; "four winds" signifies earth's extremities.
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τυφωνικός G5189 stormy (as if smoky)
Pronunciation typhōnikós
Describes a destructive wind violent enough to obscure visibility with spray and chaos.
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What does ἄνεμος τυφωνικὸς (anemos typhōnikos) mean in the Bible?
ἄνεμος · τυφωνικός is a Greek phrase meaning "Typhonic, hurricane-force wind".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G417, G5189?
G417, G5189 is connected to 31 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Typhonic, hurricane-force wind
Source Gloss
Typhonic, hurricane-force wind
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 31 Case pattern Genitive (11) Number pattern Singular (20)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:24 · Matt 14:32 · Mark 4:39 · Mark 4:41 · Mark 6:48 · Mark 6:51 · Acts 27:14 · Rev 7:1 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:25 · Matt 7:27 · Matt 8:27 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:7 · Mark 4:37 · Luke 7:24 · Luke 8:23 · John 6:18 · Acts 27:7 · Rev 6:13 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:31 · Mark 13:27 · Jas 3:4 · Jude 1:12 4×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Mark 4:39 · Luke 8:24 · Acts 27:15 · Eph 4:14 4×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:26 · Luke 8:25 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 27:4 · Rev 7:1 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:30 1×
Word Origins
ἄνεμος τυφωνικὸς is built from this root:
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