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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 Box Gen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 -

And Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 -

And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the [fn]Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 -

Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi, for he [fn]was living in the land of the [fn]Negev.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “And your seed will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will [fn]spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 -

“You shall make the court of the [fn]tabernacle. [fn]On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen [fn]one hundred cubits long for one side;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 -

Then he made the court: [fn]for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, [fn]one hundred cubits;

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“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - “Then you will blow an alarm the second time, and the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be blown for them to set out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - ‘And your southern [fn]sector shall [fn]extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall [fn]extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4 - ‘Then your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and [fn]continue to Zin, and its [fn]termination shall be to the south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall [fn]reach Hazaraddar and [fn]continue to Azmon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure outside the city on the east side [fn]two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn and set out, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the [fn]Shephelah and in the [fn]Negev and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:23 -

Of Naphtali he said,

“O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of Yahweh,

Take possession of the sea and the south.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 -

Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families [fn]reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the far end toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:3 - Then it went out southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and passed on to Zin and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron and went up to Addar and turned about to Karka.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - And it passed on to Azmon and went out to the [fn]brook of Egypt, and the [fn]border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - Then the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and [fn]it ended at En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - Then the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon) and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the border went down to the [fn]brook of Kanah, southward of the [fn]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the [fn]brook, and [fn]it ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was [fn]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - “And they shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - From there the border passed on to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - Then the border curved from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and [fn]it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - Then the border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the [fn]border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the [fn]Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - And the Philistines also had raided the cities of the [fn]Shephelah and of the [fn]Negev of Judah, and had captured Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, Timnah with its towns, and Gimzo with its towns, and they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And it was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

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Afterwards, he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 -

He led forth the east wind in the heavens

And by His strength He guided the south wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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 Box Eze 47:19

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“And the south side toward the south shall extend from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt and to the Great Sea. This is the south side toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - “And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the Great Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:5

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And while I was considering, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground; and the [fn]goat had a conspicuous horn between its eyes.

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