Strong’s G2148 · Greek

Εὐροκλύδων
Euroklýdōn

Definition

a storm from the East (or southeast), i.e. (in modern phrase) a Levanter

Etymology

from (the east wind) and G2830 (κλύδων);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Euroklydon

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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