lailaps denotes a violent windstorm, shown on the lake and as the force driving mists.

The attested use depicts a violent windstorm: in the lake scenes it rises or descends with wind, waves, danger, and a filling boat, while elsewhere it is the force driving mists.

1. Violent windstorm · dominant

   In Mark 4:37 and Luke 8:23, the nominative singular form occurs in clauses where a storm of wind arises or descends on the lake; the APB renders waves beating against the boat and the travelers being in danger. In 2 Peter 2:17, the genitive singular form describes mists as driven by a storm.

   Mark 4:37Luke 8:232 Peter 2:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "storm of wind" in Mark 4:37 and Luke 8:23 and "a storm" in 2 Peter 2:17. These phrases confirm the verse-level depiction rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.