Quick Definition
the north-westwind
Strong's Definition
the north-west wind
Derivation: of Latin origin;
KJV Usage: north west
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χῶρος, χωρου, ὁ, the northwest wind (LatinCorus orCaurus): for the quarter of the heavens from which this wind blows, Act_27:12 (on which see λίψ, 2).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χῶρος chōros 1x
Corus, or Caurus, the northwest wind; meton, the northwest quarter of the heavens, Act_27:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† χῶρος , -ου , ὁ
(Lat. corus), the N.W. wind: Act_27:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χῶρος [page 696]
(Lat. caurus ), the north-west wind, and hence the quarter from which it comes, Act. 27:12 : see Ramsay Paul , p. 321 f.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
the North-west wind , Lat. Caurus, (New Testament) (ML)
