# G2978 λαῖλαψ

λαῖλαψ (laîlaps), Strong’s G2978: a whirlwind (squall) KJV: storm, tempest. Occurs 10 times.

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*laîlaps* — a whirlwind (squall)

KJV: storm, tempest

Occurs 10 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 4:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=37) — A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
- [Luke 8:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=23) — But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of…
- [2 Peter 2:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-peter/2?v=17) — These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 5:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/5?v=14) — Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind, and as foam vanishing before a tempest; and is…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 5:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/5?v=23) — A mighty wind will encounter them. It will winnow them away like a tempest. So lawlessness will make all the land…
- [Sirach 48:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/48?v=9) — You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
- [Sirach 48:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/48?v=12) — Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind. Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any…