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χῶρος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
χῶρος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
chōros
Simplified transliteration: 
choros
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5566
GK Number: 
6008
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
northwest
Definition: 
Corus,

, or Caurus, the northwest wind; meton, the northwest quarter of the heavens, Acts 27:12*

Greek-English Concordance for χῶρος

Acts 27:12 And since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority made a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they might be able to reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.