Strong's #2978: lailaps (pronounced lah'-ee-laps)

of uncertain derivation; a whirlwind (squall):--storm, tempest.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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lailaps

1) a whirlwind, a tempestuous wind

2) a violent attack of wind, a squall

2a) never a single gust nor a steady blowing wind, however violent, but a storm breaking forth from black thunder clouds in furious gusts, with floods of rain, and throwing everything topsy-turvy

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: of uncertain derivation

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

Mark 4:37: "And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves"
Luke 8:23: "he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake;"
2 Peter 2:17: "clouds that are carried with a tempest: to whom the mist of darkness"