Euroclydon - Biblical Meaning of euroclydon in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Euroclydon
south-east billow, the name of the wind which blew in the Adriatic Gulf, and which struck the ship in which Paul was wrecked on the coast of Malta (Acts 27:14; R.V., "Euraquilo," i.e., NE wind). It is called a "tempestuous wind," i.e., as literally rendered, a "typhonic wind," or a typhoon. It is the modern Gregalia or Levanter. (Compare Jonah 1:4.) Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'euroclydon' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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