Definition

the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter)

Etymology

probably from (to pour a "libation");

Where the KJV renders it

• southwest

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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