Lailaps means “storm” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2978 — yeithon (“entrance”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2978 λαῖλαψ (lailaps) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. lailaps (lai`-laps) n. 1. a whirlwind (squall) [of uncertain derivation] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include storm and tempest. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
lailaps (lai`-laps) n. 1. a whirlwind (squall) [of uncertain derivation] KJV: storm, tempest
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2978. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
storm
Usage: λαῖλαψ, -απος, ἡ [in LXX: Job.21:18 27:20 א (סוּפָה) Job.38:1, Jer.25:32 (סַעַר), Wis.5:14, 23, Sir.48:9, 12 * ;] a hurricane, whirlwind: Mrk.4:37, Luk.8:23, 2Pe.2:17.† SYN.: θύελλα, which see, and cf. ἄνεμος (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render lailaps, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2978 (λαῖλαψ) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they shall be as chaff before the wind, Or as dust which the storm has taken up.
And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,
Thus said the Lord; Behold, evils are proceeding from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind goes forth from the end of the earth.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; Like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; Like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, And passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, And like a storm shall blow them away: Thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, And ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, And in a chariot of fiery horses:
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2978.
And they shall be as chaff before the wind, Or as dust which the storm has taken up.
And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,
Thus said the Lord; Behold, evils are proceeding from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind goes forth from the end of the earth.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; Like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; Like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, And passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, And like a storm shall blow them away: Thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, And ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, And in a chariot of fiery horses:
Elijah it was, who was covered with a whirlwind; And Elisha was filled with his spirit: While he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, Neither could any bring him into subjection.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2978, grouped by book.
Lailaps (Strong's G2978) is a Greek word most simply glossed "storm". lailaps (lai`-laps) n. 1. a whirlwind (squall) [of uncertain derivation]
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G2978 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2978 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as storm and tempest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2978, with linked reader references where each row is available.