GreekG5566Noun (Masculine)

χῶρος

chōros

“northwest”

1Occurrences

G5566Strong's #

Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the north-west wind

of Latin origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

the North-west wind, Lat. Caurus, (New Testament)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

χῶρος appears 1 time in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts

Key Passages

Acts 27:12BSB

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.