Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(blow). Hebrews recognized the cardinal winds in their “four winds,” north, south, east, west (Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6; Matt. 24:31). The east wind injured vegetation (Gen. 41:6; Job 1:19; Isa. 27:8). The south wind brought heat (Luke 12:55). The southwest and north winds brought clear cool weather (Job 37:9,22; Prov. 25:23). The west wind, coming from the Mediterranean, brought rain.
Concise Bible Dictionary:
The wind, as all else, is used by God to work out His purposes with man (Ex. 10:13; Psa. 135:7; Ezek. 13:13). As the unseen wind comes and goes we know not whither, “so is every one that is born of the Spirit” (John 3:8). Its power is felt, and the result abides. The wind is also used as a symbol of the unseen influence of Satan (Jude 12); and where permitted he carries out his evil designs by the wind (Job 1:19).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Meaning:
from the base of 109; wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth)