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Strong's #2148 - Εὐροκλύδων
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Euroclydon = "a violent agitation"
- south east wind raising mighty waves
- a wind causing broad waves
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Εὐροκλυìδων
From Εὖρος Euros (the east wind) and G2830
Εὖρος, ὁ, the East wind (later, as dist. fr. ἀπηλιώτης, ESE.), Il. 2.145, Arist. Mete. 363b21, Mu. 394b20, IG 14.1308, etc. (Connected with ἠώς by Gell. 2.22.7, with αὔρα by Vitr. 1.6.11. Possibly from εὕω, because parching.)
εὐρακύλων, ἐυρακυλωνος, ὁ (from εὖρος and Latinaquilo, like ἐυρονοτος, and euroauster (Buttmann, 16 (15))), Vulg. euroaquilo; the Euraquilo, a N. E. wind: Acts 27:14 L T Tr WH, for Rec. εὐροκλύδων (Griesbach, ἐυρυκλων) which see. (Not found elsewhere.) (B. D., see under the word, Euroclydon.)
STRONGS NT 2148: Αὐροκλύδων Αὐροκλύδων, Ἐυροκλυδωνος, ὁ (from Αὖρος the southeast wind, and κλύδων a wave), a southeast wind raising mighty waves: Acts 27:14 Rec. But respectable authorities read εὐρυκλύδων, preferred by Griesbach, et al., from εὐρύς broad, and κλύδων, a wind causing broad waves (German der Breitspülende, the Wide-washer); Etym. Magn., p. 772, 30 under the word Τυφῶν. "Τυφῶν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τοῦ ἀνέμου σφόδρα πνοή, ὅς καί εὐρυκλύδων καλεῖται." Others εὐρακύλων, which see
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† Εὐρ -ακύλων
(Rec. εὐροκλύδων , q.v.), -ωνος
(< Εὖρος , the East wind, and Lat. Aquilo; Vg., Euroaquilo),
the Euraquilo, a N.E. wind (i.e. between Eurus and Aquilo): Acts 27:14.†
† εὐρο -κλύδων
(G, εὐροκλ -), -ωνος , ὁ
(< Εὖρος (v.l. < εὐρύς , broad), κλύδων ),
Euroclydon (prob. a sailor's corruption of Εὐρακύλων , q.v.): Acts 17:14, Rec,†
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For the formation of this word, which is not found except in Acts 27:14, the lexicographers compare Εὐρόνοτος. According to Blass (ad l.), it is a ";vox hybrida"; made up of εὖρος and aquilo (qui Lat. = κυ ̆ as in Ἀκύλας 18.2) : cf. Goodspeed Exp VI. viii. p. 140, ";the Greek east wind combined with the Latin north-east (more exactly east-north-east) wind.";
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