Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region. 2. (a.) of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST These words occur in Acts 27:12, "if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east." the Revised Version margin has, "Greek, down the south-west wind and down the north-west wind," which is a literal translation of the Greek: eis Phoinika.... limena tes Kretes bleponta (looking) kata liba (the southwest wind) kai kata choron (the northwest wind). Choros does not appear to occur except here, but the corresponding Latin caurus or corus is found in Caesar, Vergil, and other classical authors. the King James Version has "lieth toward the south west and north west." kata, with a wind or stream, means, "down the wind or stream," i.e. in the direction that it is blowing or flowing, and this interpretation would indicate a harbor open to the East. If lips, and choros, are used here as names of directions rather than of winds, we should expect a harbor open to the West. There is good reason for identifying Phoenix (the King James Version "Phenice") with Loutro on the south shore of Crete (EB, under the word "Phenice"), whose harbor is open to the East. See PHOENIX. Alfred Ely Day SOUTHEAST See NORTHEAST.

Multi-Version Concordance Southeast (2 Occurrences) 1 Kings 7:39 And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. (See RSV NIV) 2 Chronicles 4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. (See NAS RSV NIV)