ἄνεμος

ἄνεμος — ánemos

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.