Lexical Definition

‎ἄνεμος‎ ánemos (an'-em-os) wind ^G:N-M
from the base of ‎ἀήρ‎

wind.

• wind
• (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth)

Abbott-Smith

ἄνεμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for רוּחַ;]
wind: Mt 11:7 14:24, 30, 32, Mk 4:37, 39, 41 6:48, 51, Lk 7:24 8:23, 24, Jo 6:13, Ac 27:7, 14, 15, Ja 3:4, Re 6:13 7:1; pl., Mt 7:25, 27 8:26, 27, Lk 8:25, Ac 27:4, Ju 12; οἱ τέσσαρες ἄ. τῆς γῆς, Re 7:1; hence the four quarters of the heavens (v. Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, s.v.), Mt 24:31, Mk 13:27; metaph., of variable teaching, Eph 4:14.†
SYN.: πνεῦμα, πνοή (and cf. θύελλα, λαῖλαψ).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄνεμος [ᾰ], ὁ,

wind, πέτετο πνοιῇ ἀνέμοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνέμου κατιόντος μεγάλου a gale having come on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνέμου ἐξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενομένου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνεμος κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς the wind being set in the north, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδιδόναι τι cast a thing to the winds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἄνεμον στῆναι stand to leeward, [ἄνεμος.. ἄνθρωπος">Refs 4th c.BC+] 'unstable as the wind', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φέρειν τιν᾽ ἄρας (sic l.) ἄ. a very wind to carry off, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀνέμους θηρᾶν ἐν δικτύοις try to catch the wind, and ἀνέμῳ διαλέγεσθαι talk to the wind, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 cardinal point, quarter, ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀ.[LXX+1st c.BC+]; τὸ κατ᾽ ἄνεμον aspect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II wind in the body, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'blow, breathe', cf. Sanskrit áni-ti 'breathes', Gothic uzanan 'expire', etc.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Zech.2.6* ☩ Matt.24.31}