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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Southwest:

lit., "Libyan," denotes "the S.W. wind," Act 27:12, "(looking) north-east (and south-east)," RV, lit., "(looking down) the south-west wind (and down the north-west wind);" to look down a wind was to look in the direction in which it blows. A S.W. wind blows towards the N.E.; the aspect of the haven answers to this. See also under NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST.