ἄνεμος, ἀνέμου, ὁ (ἄω, ἄημι, to breathe, blow, (but etymologists connect ἄω with Sanskritva, Greek ἀήρ, Latinventus, English wind, and ἄνεμος with Sanskritan, to breathe, etc.; cf. Curtius, §§ 419, 587; Vanicek, p. 28)) (from Homer down), wind, a violent agitation and stream of air (cf. (Trench, § lxxiii.) πνεῦμα, 1 at the end): Mat_11:7; Mat_14:24; Jas_3:4, etc.; of a very strong and tempestuous wind: Mat_7:25; Mar_4:39; Luk_8:24, etc. οἱ τέσσαρες ἄνεμοι, the four principal or cardinal winds (Jer_25:15 ()), τῆς γῆς, Rev_7:16 hence, the four quarters of the heavens (whence the cardinal winds blow): Mat_24:31; Mar_13:27; (Eze_37:9; 1Ch_9:24). Metaphorically, ἄνεμος τῆς διδασκαλίας, variability and emptiness (?) of teaching, Eph_4:14.

ἄνεμος anemos 31x the wind; met. a wind of shifting doctrine, Eph_4:14 wind.

ἄνεμος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX for H7307 ;] wind: Mat_11:7 ; Mat_14:24 ; Mat_14:30 ; Mat_14:32 , Mar_4:37 ; Mar_4:39 ; Mar_4:41 ; Mar_6:48 ; Mar_6:51 , Luk_7:24 ; Luk_8:23-24 , Joh_6:13 , Act_27:7 ; Act_27:14-15 , Jas_3:4 , Rev_6:13 ; Rev_7:1 ; pl ., Mat_7:25 ; Mat_7:27 ; Mat_8:26-27 , Luk_8:25 , Act_27:4 , Jud_1:12 ; οοἱ τέσσαρες ἄ . τῆς γῆς , Rev_7:1 ; hence the four quarters of the heavens ( v. Deiss., BS , 248; MM , VGT , s.v. ), Mat_24:31 , Mar_13:27 ; metaph ., of variable teaching, Eph_4:14 .† SYN.: πνεῦμα G4151 , πνοή G4157 (and cf. θύελλα , λαῖλαψ ).

ἄνεμος [page 41] To Deissmann s example ( BS , p. 248) CPR 115 .6 (ii/A.D.) γείτο ]νες ἐκ τεσσάρων ἀνέμων , where the phrase clearly refers to the four cardinal points as in Zec_11:6 , Mat_24:31 , Mar_13:27 , we may add P Flor I. 50 .104 (A.D. 268) ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων . The same use of ἄνεμος is implied in P Flor I. 20 .18 (A.D. 127) ἐξ οὗ ἐὰν ὁ Ὧρος αἱρῆται̣ ἀνέμου : Vitelli compares Catullus xxvi, where the poet says his bungalow is exposed ( opposita ) not to S. or W. wind, N. or E., but to a mortgage of £ 140. In P Oxy I. 100 .10 (A.D. 133) a declaration regarding the sale of land, we find ὧν ἡ τοποθεσία καὶ τὸ κατ᾽ ἄνεμον διὰ τῆς καταγραφῆς δεδήλωται , where the editors understand by τὸ κατ᾽ ἄνεμον the boundaries on the four sides. For the ordinary sense we need quote nothing, unless we may note the combination in Wόnsch AF 4 .6 (p. 15 iii/A.D.) τὸν θεὸν τῶν ἀνέμων καὶ πνευμάτων Λαιλαμ . (It is MGr.)

ἄνεμος [Etym: Root ΑΝ, cf. ἄημι] "wind", Hom. , etc.; ἀνέμου κατιόντος "a squall" having come on, Thuc. ; ἄν. κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς "the wind" being settled in the north, id=Thuc. ; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδοῦναί τι to cast a thing "to the winds", Lat. ventis tradere, Eur. :— Hom. and Hes. mention only four winds, Boreas, Eurus, Notus (or Argestes), Zephyrus; Arist. gives twelve, which served as points of the compass.

ἄνεμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for רוּחַ ;] wind: Mat.11:7 14:24, 30 14:32, Mrk.4:37, 39 4:41 6:48, 51, Luk.7:24 8:23-24, Jhn.6:13, Act.27:7, 14-15, Jas.3:4, Rev.6:13 7:1; pl., Mat.7:25, 27 8:26-27, Luk.8:25, Act.27:4, Ju 12; οἱ τέσσαρες ἄ. τῆς γῆς, Rev.7:1; hence the four quarters of the heavens (see Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, see word), Mat.24:31, Mrk.13:27; metaphorically, of variable teaching, Eph 414.† SYN.: πνεῦμα, πνοή (and cf. θύελλα, λαῖλαψ). (AS)