Strong's Lexicon
G2027
G2027 — ἐποκέλλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2027 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐποκέλλω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1909 and okello "to urge" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | epokello |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ok-el'-lo |
| Meaning: | 1. to drive upon the shore, i.e. to beach a vessel |
| KJV Renderings: | run aground |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐποκέλλω: 1 aorist ἐπώκειλα; to drive upon, strike against: τήν ναῦν (i. e. to run the ship ashore), Act 27:41 R G; see ἐπικέλλω. (Herodotus 6, 16: 7, 182; Thucydides 4, 26.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐποκέλλω (run aground)
Acts 27:41
- KJV: And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground and the forepart stuck fast and remained unmoveable but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves
- GK: περιπεσόντες δε εις τόπον διθάλασσον επώκειλαν την ναύν και η μεν πρώρα ερείσασα έμεινεν ασάλευτος η δε πρύμνα ελύετο υπό της βίας των κυμάτων