Strong's Concordance
Original word: λίψ
Transliteration: lips
Definition (short): south-west
Definition (full): the southwest wind
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from leibó (to pour)
Definition: the southwest wind
NASB Translation: southwest (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Probably from leibo (to pour a "libation"); the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter) -- southwest.
References
KJV:
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
NASB:
Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.