1. wind — A natural movement of air, wind — ranging from a gentle breeze to a violent storm. Both singular and plural inflections (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative in both numbers) represent the same meteorological phenomenon; the plural often denotes multiple winds or winds from various directions. Multilingual evidence is uniform: Spanish 'viento/vientos,' Hindi 'हवा/हवाएँ' (havā singular / havāẽ plural — same root), Arabic 'ريحٍ/الرّيحُ/رِياحُ' (rīḥ singular / riyāḥ broken plural — same root ر-ي-ح), Korean '바람/바람들' (baram / baram-deul, singular/plural of same word), Swahili 'upepo/pepo' (upepo = wind, pepo = winds/spirits — both from same stem). Used literally of sea winds (Matt 7:25, 27; 14:24, 30, 32; Mark 4:37-41; Acts 27:4-7, 14-15) and figuratively of doctrinal instability (Eph 4:14; Jude 1:12) and the four winds of heaven (Matt 24:31; Rev 7:1). 31×
AR["الرِّيحَ","الرِّيحُ","الرّيحَ","الرّيحُ","ريحٌ","ريحٍ","ريحَ","رِياحَ","رِياحُ","رِيحٌ","رّيحِ"]·ben["বাতাস","বাতাস,","বাতাসকে","বাতাসকে,","বাতাসগুলো","বাতাসদের","বাতাসে","বাতাসের","বায়ুতে"]·DE["Wind"]·EN["a-wind","wind","winds"]·FR["vent"]·heb["רוּחַ","רוּחוֹת"]·HI["उलटी","और","के","वायु","हव","हव-से","हवा","हवा-से","हवाएँ","हवाओं-को","हवाकी","हवाको"]·ID["angin","angin,","itu"]·IT["vento"]·jav["angin","angin,","angin."]·KO["바람","바람-의","바람-이","바람과","바람도","바람들","바람에","바람을","바람이","바람이."]·PT["vento","vento,","ventos"]·RU["ветер","ветра","ветрам","ветром","ветру","ветры"]·ES["viento","vientos"]·SW["pepo","pepo,","upepo","upepo,"]·TR["ruzgarla","rüzgar","rüzgar,","rüzgarlar","rüzgarları","rüzgarı,","rüzgâr","rüzgâra","rüzgârı","rüzgârın"]·urd["ہوا","ہوا-تھی","ہوا-کو","ہوا-کے","ہواؤں","ہوائیں"]
Matt 7:25, Matt 7:27, Matt 8:26, Matt 8:27, Matt 11:7, Matt 14:24, Matt 14:30, Matt 14:32, Matt 24:31, Mark 4:37, Mark 4:39, Mark 4:39 (+19 more)
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ἄνεμος [ᾰ], ὁ, wind, πέτετο πνοιῇ ἀνέμοιοRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀνέμου κατιόντος μεγάλου a gale having come on, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνέμου ἐξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενομένου Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄνεμος κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς the wind being set in the north, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδιδόναι τι cast a thing to the winds, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατ᾽ ἄνεμον στῆναι stand to leeward, Refs 4th c.BC+ 'unstable as the wind',…