Topic
Euroclydon
2 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 27:14Easton · Smith · Nave A tempestuous wind
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
- Jonah 1:4Easton
¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
South-east billow, the name of the wind which blew in the Adriatic Gulf, and which struck the ship in which Paul was wrecked on the coast of Malta (Acts 27:14; R.V., “Euraquilo,” i.e., north-east wind). It is called a “tempestuous wind,” i.e., as literally rendered, a “typhonic wind,” or a typhoon. It is the modern Gregalia or Levanter. (Comp. Jonah 1:4.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → A tempestuous wind Ac 27:14
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.