Dictionary entry

ἄνεμος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἄνεμος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX for רוּחַ;]

wind: Mt 11:714:24, 30, 32, Mk 4:37, 39, 416:48, 51, Lk 7:248:23, 24, Jo 6:13, Ac 27:7, 14, 15, Ja 3:4, Re 6:137:1; pl., Mt 7:25, 278:26, 27, Lk 8:25, Ac 27:4, Ju 12; οἱ τέσσαρες ἄ. τῆς γῆς, Re 7:1; hence the four quarters of the heavens (v. Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, s.v.), Mt 24:31, Mk 13:27; metaph., of variable teaching, Eph 4:14.†

SYN.: πνεῦμα, πνοή (and cf. θύελλα, λαῖλαψ).