anemos · wind

What it means

anemos (ἄνεμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wind”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Air moving with force over land or sea.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• wind ×18
• winds ×11
• windstorm ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Mark×7
• Luke×4
• John×1
• Acts×4
• Ephesians×1
• James×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 7:25

  And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

• Matthew 7:27

  And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and struck that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.”

• Matthew 8:26

  And he says to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

• Matthew 8:27

  And the men were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

• Matthew 11:7

  As these were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

• Matthew 14:24

  But the boat was already many stadia away from the land, battered by the waves, for the wind was against it.

• Matthew 14:30

  But seeing the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

• Matthew 14:32

  And when they had gotten up into the boat, the wind ceased.

• Matthew 24:31

  And he will send out his angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

• Mark 4:37

  And a great windstorm arises, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.

• Mark 4:39

  And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

• Mark 4:41

  And they feared with a great fear and were saying to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

• Mark 6:48

  And seeing them straining at the rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea; and he meant to pass by them.

• Mark 6:51

  And he went up to them into the boat, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astonished within themselves,

• Mark 13:27

  And then he will send out the angels and gather together the chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

• Luke 7:24

  And when John’s messengers had left, he began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

• Luke 8:23

  And as they sailed, he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in danger.

• Luke 8:24

  And they came and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the surge of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

• Luke 8:25

  And he said to them, “Where is your faith?” And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”

• John 6:18

  And the sea was growing rough because a strong wind was blowing.

• Acts 27:4

  And from there putting out to sea, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

• Acts 27:7

  And sailing slowly for many days and arriving with difficulty off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go on, we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone;

• Acts 27:14

  But not long after there rushed down from it a hurricane-force wind called Euraquilo.

• Acts 27:15

  And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

• Ephesians 4:14

  so that we may no longer be children, tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of men, by craftiness in the scheming of error;

• James 3:4

  Look also at the ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the pilot wants.

• Jude 1:12

  These are the stains in your love feasts, feasting together without fear, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

• Revelation 6:13

  and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind.

• Revelation 7:1

  After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

And 2 more times.