Word

ἄνεμος

ánemos · G417 · Greek · 31 occurrences

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Meanings

wind, blowing, to blow

Air in relatively rapid movement, but without specification as to the force of the movement

Examples
Matthew 7:25 “And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:27 “And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.”
Matthew 8:26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γῆearth 1
διδασκαλίαteaching, doctrine 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

7 occurrences in 4 groups

τέσσαρεςfour 3
μέγαςgreat, large 2
σκληρόςhard, harsh 1
τυφωνικόςof a violent 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

καλέωto call, to name 1

What it doesIt is the subject

9 occurrences in 4 groups

πνέωwind 4
κοπάζωto cease 3
προσεάωto allow to go farther 1
βάλλωto throw, to put 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 6 groups

ἐπιτιμάωto rebuke 3
διεγείρωto cause to wake up 2
ἐγείρωto raise, to get up 1
κρατέωto take hold of, to seize, to hold 1
ἀντοφθαλμέωto face 1
βλέπωto see 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐναντίοςhostile, against, contrary 3

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 2 groups

ὑπόby, under 10
ἐκfrom 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

λαῖλαψwindstorm 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

רוּחַ rûwach · H7307 · spirit: Hebrew רוּחַ has a broad semantic range including wind, breath, and spirit, but when the specific sense of 'wind' is intended, Greek ἄνεμος serves as its standard Septuagint rendering.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Wind, blowing, to blow14.4: In Matthew 8:26, after calming the storm, “He got up and rebuked the winds (anémois) and the sea, and it became perfectly calm,” naming the literal wind.

Word family 15 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀήρ aḗr · G109 · air · 7×ἄνεμοςánemos · G417ἐπαύριον epaúrion · G1887 · the next day, on the next day · 17×αὔριον aúrion · G839 · tomorrow, soon, very soon · 14×αὐλή aulḗ · G833 · courtyard, sheepfold, dwelling · 12×ἀετός aetós · G105 · eagle, vulture · 5×αὐλέω auléō · G832 · play a flute · 3×ἀτμίς atmís · G822 · steam · 2×αὐλητής aulētḗs · G834 · flutist · 2×αὐλίζομαι aulízomai · G835 · to spend the night · 2×αὐστηρός austērós · G840 · exacting, severe · 2×ἀνεμίζω anemízō · G416 · to be driven or carried about by the wind · 1×αὐλός aulós · G836 · flute · 1×ἔπαυλις épaulis · G1886 · homestead, house, residence · 1×προαύλιον proaúlion · G4259 · gateway, forecourt · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνέμου, ὁ (ἄω, ἄημι, to breathe, blow, (but etymologists connect ἄω with Sanskritva,…

ἀνέμου, ὁ (ἄω, ἄημι, to breathe, blow, (but etymologists connect ἄω with Sanskritva, Greek ἀήρ, Latinventus, English wind, and ἄνεμος with Sanskritan, to breathe, etc.; cf. Curtius, §§ 419, 587; Vanicek, p. 28)) (from Homer down), wind, a violent agitation and stream of air (cf. (Trench, § lxxiii.) πνεῦμα, 1 at the end): Mt 11:7; Mt 14:24; Jas 3:4, etc.; of a very strong and tempestuous wind: Mt 7:25; Mk 4:39; Lk 8:24, etc. οἱ τέσσαρες ἄνεμοι, the four principal or cardinal winds (Jer 25:15), τῆς γῆς, Rev 7:16 hence, the four quarters of the heavens (whence the cardinal winds blow): Mt 24:31; Mk 13:27; (Ezek 37:9; 1 Chr 9:24). Metaphorically, ἄνεμος τῆς διδασκαλίας, variability and emptiness (?) of teaching, Eph 4:14.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Wind31 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0