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Strong's G3047 λίψ (lips)

Lips means “southwest” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3047 — yada (“Jada”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3047
Language Greek
Linked Usages 40
Books 11

Strong's G3047 Quick Answer

Strong's G3047 λίψ (lips) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. lips (leeps') n. 1. the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain) 2. (by extension) the south quarter It has 40 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include south. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
lips (leeps') n. 1. the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain) 2. (by extension) the south quarter
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
south

Meaning and Definition

lips (leeps') n. 1. the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain) 2. (by extension) the south quarter [probably from leibo "to pour a libation"] KJV: southwest

Original Word
λίψ
Transliteration
lips
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3047. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

southwest

Usage: λίψ, λιβός, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for תֵּימָן, מַעֲרָב, etc., Gen.13:14, Num.2:10, 2Ch.32:30, al. ;] the SW. wind: βλέποντα κατὰ λ., Act.27:12 (see Page, in l; Deiss., ES, 141).† (AS)

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How Strong's G3047 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render lips, 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.

south Acts 27:12

How Strong's G3047 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3047 (λίψ) appears 46 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3047 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3047 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Acts 27:12 KJV

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

Strong's G3047 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 13:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

Genesis 20:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Genesis 24:62 Septuagint / Brenton

And Isaac went through the wilderness to the well of the vision, and he dwelt in the land toward the south.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3047.

Genesis 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
Genesis 20:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 24:62 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac went through the wilderness to the well of the vision, and he dwelt in the land toward the south.
Genesis 28:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Exodus 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side.
Exodus 37:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits every way,
Numbers 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the order of the camp of Reuben; their forces shall be toward the south, and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 3:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The families of the sons of Kohath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.
Numbers 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and ye shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.
Numbers 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your southern side shall be from the wilderness of Zin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of the salt sea eastward.
Numbers 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your border shall go round you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the going forth of it shall be southward to Kadesh-barnea, and it shall go forth to the village of Addar, and shall proceed by Azmon.
Numbers 35:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities as described.
Deuteronomy 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and go to all that dwell near about Arabah, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Canaanites near the sea, and Antilebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go up to the top of the quarried rock, and look with thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes, for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deuteronomy 33:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali has the fullness of good things; And let him be filled with blessing from the Lord: He shall inherit the west and the south.
Joshua 15:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders of the tribe of Judah according to their families were from the borders of Edom from the wilderness of Zin, as far as Kadesh southward.
Joshua 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.
Joshua 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they proceed before the ascent of Akrabbim, and go out round Zin, and go up from the south to Kadesh-barnea; and go out to Hezron, and proceed up to Addar, and go out by the way that is west of Kadesh.
Joshua 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they go out to Azmon, and issue at the Valley of Egypt; and the termination of its boundaries shall be at the sea: these are their boundaries southward.
Joshua 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders continue on to the fourth part of the Valley of Achor, and go down to Gilgal, which is before the approach of Adummim, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.
Joshua 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders go up to the Valley of Hinnom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the Valley of Hinnom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Rephaim northward.
Joshua 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border will go round from Baalah to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Seir behind the city of Jearim northward; this is Chesalon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.
Joshua 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall go down to the Valley of Kanah southward by the Valley of Jezreel (there is a turpentine tree belonging to Ephraim between that and the city of Manasseh): and the borders of Manasseh are northward to the brook; and the sea shall be its termination.
Joshua 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Southward the land belongs to Ephraim, and northward to Manasseh; and the sea shall be their coast; and northward they shall border upon Asher, and eastward upon Issachar.
Joshua 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to him: and he divided to them seven portions, saying, Judah shall stand to them a border southward, and the sons of Joseph shall stand to them northward.
Joshua 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Bethel: and the borders shall go down to Ataroth-addar, to the hill country, which is southward of Beth-horon the lower.
Joshua 18:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Beth-horon southward, and its termination shall be at Kiriath-baal, this is Kiriath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah; this is the part toward the west.
Joshua 18:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the south side on the part of Kiriath-baal; and the borders shall go across to Gasin, to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah.
Joshua 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the forest of Hinnom, which is on the side of Emec Rephaim northward, and it shall come down to Gai-hinnom behind Jebus southward: it shall come down to the fountain of Rogel.
Joshua 18:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their southern borders.
Joshua 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
round about their cities as far as Baalath as men go to Ramah southward: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
2 Chronicles 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also the Philistines had made an attack on the cities of the plain country, and the cities of the south of Judah, and taken Beth-shemesh, and the things in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes: and they gave to the King Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco and her villages, and Timnah and her villages, and Gimzo and her villages: and they dwelt there.
2 Chronicles 32:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The same Hezekiah stopped up the course of the water of Gihon above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
2 Chronicles 33:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward he built a wall without the city of David, from the southwest southward in the valleys and at the entrance through the Fish Gate, as men go out by the gate round about, even as far as Ophel; and he raised it much, and set captains of the host in all the fortified cities in Judah.
Psalms 77:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He removed the south wind from heaven; And by his might he brought in the southwest wind.
Isaiah 43:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from the land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Ezekiel 47:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the southern and southwestern coasts are from Tamar and the city of palm trees, to the water of Meribah-kadesh, reaching forth to the great sea. This part is the south and southwest.
Ezekiel 48:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the borders of Gad, from the eastern to the southwestern parts; his coasts shall even be from Tamar, and the water of Meribah-kadesh, for an inheritance, unto the great sea.
Daniel 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I was considering, and, behold, a he-goat came from the southwest on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the earth: and the goat had a horn between his eyes.
Acts 27:12 New Testament, KJV
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3047, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament

Strong's G3047 FAQ

What does lips (λίψ) mean?

Lips (Strong's G3047) is a Greek word most simply glossed "southwest". lips (leeps') n. 1. the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain) 2. (by extension) the south quarter

How many times is lips (λίψ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G3047 across 11 books.

Where can I study lips (λίψ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3047 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate lips (λίψ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as south. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3047 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 39 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3047, with linked reader references where each row is available.