BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G2148
Eurokludōn — a north wind
Εὐρ-ακύλων (Rec. εὐροκλύδων, which see), -ωνος (Εὖρος, the East wind, and Lat. Aquilo; Vg., Euroaquilo), the Euraquilo, a N.E. wind (i.e. between Eurus and Aquilo): Act.27:14.† εὐρο-κλύδων (G, εὐροκλ-), -ωνος, ὁ (Εὖρος (seel. εὐρύς, broad), κλύδων), Euroclydon (prob. a sailor's corruption of Εὐρακύλων, which see): Act.17:14, Rec,† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →South-east billow, the name of the wind which blew in the Adriatic Gulf, and which struck the ship in which Paul was wrecked on the coast of Malta (Acts 27:14; R.V., “Euraquilo,” i.e., north-east wind). It is called a “tempestuous wind,” i.e., as literally rendered, a “typhonic wind,” or a typhoon. It is the modern Gregalia or Levanter. (Comp. Jonah 1:4.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
