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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - λαῖλαψ
λαῖλαψ
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Transliteration: laîlaps
Pronunciation: lah'-ee-laps
Definition: storm
- Original: λαῖλαψ - Transliteration: Lailaps - Phonetic: lah'-ee-laps
- Definition:
1. a whirlwind, a tempestuous wind
2. a violent attack of wind, a squall
a. never a single gust nor a steady blowing wind, however violent, but a storm breaking forth from black thunder clouds in furious gusts, with floods of rain, and throwing everything topsy-turvy
- Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; a whirlwind (squall): - storm tempest.