τυφωνικός
typhōnikós · G5189 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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of a violent, strong wind
(Derivative of τυφῶν ‘Typhon,’ the legendary father of the winds, not occurring in the NT) Pertaining to a very strong wind
ExamplesActs 27:14 But before very long a violent wind, called Euraquilo, rushed down from the land;
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- χειμών cheimṓn · G5494 · winter, bad weather, stormy weather
- Greek noun denoting stormy weather or a tempest; while τυφωνικός is an adjective describing storm-like qualities, χειμών is the substantive for the storm itself, often used in maritime contexts.
Contrasting words 1 word
- γαλήνη galḗnē · G1055 · a calm (in contrast with a storm over water)
- Greek noun denoting calm, tranquil conditions especially of the sea, the direct meteorological opposite of stormy conditions; used in Gospel accounts when Jesus calms the storm.
In the other Testament 2 words
- סַעַר çaʻar · H5591 · storm
- Hebrew noun denoting a violent storm or tempest, the standard translation equivalent for Greek storm terminology; used in contexts like Jonah 1:4, 12 for violent storm conditions.
- סוּפָה çûwphâh · H5492 · storm
- Hebrew noun for a violent windstorm or whirlwind, frequently used in poetic and prophetic literature for destructive storms; close semantic match for Greek storm adjectives.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Of a violent, strong wind14.7
- Acts 27:14 — “But before very long a violent wind, called Euraquilo, rushed down from the land;”
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τυφωνικη, τυφωνικον (Τυφῶν (cf. Chandler edition 1 § 659), a whirlwind, hurricane,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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