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Lexicon :: Strong's G3047 - lips

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λίψ
Transliteration
lips (Key)
Pronunciation
leeps
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from leibo (to pour a "libation")
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
46x in 5 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

λίψ líps, leeps; probably from λείβω leíbō (to pour a "libation"); the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter):—southwest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3047 in the following manner: south west (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3047 in the following manner: south west (1x).

  1. the south west wind

  2. the quarter of the heavens whence the south west wind blows

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λίψ líps, leeps; probably from λείβω leíbō (to pour a "libation"); the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter):—southwest.
STRONGS G3047:
λίψ, λιβός, ὁ (from λείβω (to pour forth), because it brings moisture);
1. the southwest wind: Herodotus 2, 25; Polybius 10, 10, 3; others.
2. the quarter of the heavens whence the southwest wind blows: Acts 27:12 (on which see βλέπω, 3 and κατά, II. 1 c.) (Genesis 13:14; Genesis 20:1; Numbers 2:10; Deuteronomy 33:23).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
13:14; 20:1
Numbers
2:10
Deuteronomy
33:23
Acts
27:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3047 matches the Greek λίψ (lips),
which occurs 46 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 - Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits[fn] long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits[fn] long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - “ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4 - cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits[fn] on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:23 - About Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with the favor of the LORD and is full of his blessing; he will inherit southward to the lake.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:3 - crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - It then passed along to Azmon and joined the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. This is their[fn] southern boundary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - The boundary then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor and turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh and came out at En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - Then it curved westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh and crossed to Timnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the tribes of Joseph in their territory on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 - He let loose the east wind from the heavens and by his power made the south wind blow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19 - “On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - “The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:5 - As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground.
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