BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G6876
diaskedannumi — to disperse
1. to scatter abroad, scatter to the winds, disperse , Lat. dissipare, (Odyssey by Homer) 2. to disband an army, (Herdotus Historicus): Pass. to be dispersed , aorist 1 and perfect participle διασκεδασθέντες, διεσκεδασμένοι (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8044
koimizō — to rest
1. to put to sleep , (Euripides); ἄημα ἐκοίμισε πόντον, i. e. the winds suffer the sea to rest—; by ceasing (cf. Virg. straverunt aequora venti) , (Sophocles Tragicus): metaphorically, μεγαληγορίαν κ. to lay pride asleep , (Euripides); so, κ. τὰς λύπας (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass., παῖς κοιμίζεται (Euripides) 2. of the sleep of death, (Sophocles Tragicus); also in Mid., (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8324
mēruomai — to furl
1. Dep. 2. to draw up, furl sails, (Odyssey by Homer): to draw up cables, etc., [variant datesAnthology Palantina:—; κρόκα ἐν στήμονι μηρύσασθαι to weave the woof into the warp, (Hesiod) 3. Pass., κισσὸς μαρύεται περὶ χείλη ivy winds round the edge, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8569
ourios — a rotten egg
1. with a fair wind , Lat. vento secundo, οὔρ. πλοῦς, δρόμος a prosperous voyage, (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. metaphorically prosperous, successful , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;neuter plural οὔρια as adverb, (Euripides) 3. prospering, favouring, fair , of winds, (Euripides); comically of the bellows, οὐρίᾳ ῥιπίδι (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. οὐρία (i.e. πνοή); = οὖρος, a fair wind , οὐρίᾳ ἐφιέναι (i.e. ἑαυτόν); to run before the wind, (Plato Philosophus); so, ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσα (i.e. δρόμων); after having run a fair course , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἀφήσω ἐμαυτὸν οὔριον (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. Ζεὺς οὔριος, as sending fair winds , i. e. conducting things to a happy issue , [6th/5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8799
plagiazō — to bend
to turn sideways or aside , πλ. πρὸς τοὺς ἀντίους ἀνέμους (i.e. τὴν ναῦν); to beat up against adverse winds, (Lucian): metaphorically, πλ. ἢ φωνὴν ἢ πρᾶξιν to adapt them to circumstances , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6). The east wind was parching (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8). This wind prevails in Palestine from February to June, as the west wind (Luke 12:54) does from November to February. The south was a hot wind (Job 37:17; Luke 12:55). It swept over the Arabian peninsula. The rush of invaders is figuratively spoken of as a whirlwind (Isa. 21:1); a commotion among the nations of the world as a striving of the four winds (Dan. 7:2). The winds are subject to the divine power (Ps. 18:10; 135:7).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
