Strong's Lexicon
G4079
G4079 — πηδάλιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4079 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πηδάλιον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of a (presumed) derivative of pedon (the blade of an oar, ultimately from G4228) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | pedalion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pay-dal'-ee-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a "pedal", i.e. helm |
| KJV Renderings: | rudder |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πηδάλιον, πηδαλίου, τό (from πηδον the blade of an oar, an oar), from Homer down, a ship’s rudder :. Act 27:40 (on the plural see Smith, Voy. and Shipwreck of St. Paul, 4th edition, p. 183ff; B. D., under the word, Ship (2); cf. Graser, Das Seewesen des Alterthums, in the Philologus for 1865, p. 266f); Jas 3:4.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πηδάλιον (rudder)
Acts 27:40
- KJV: And when they had taken up the anchors they committed unto the sea and loosed the rudder bands and hoised up the mainsail to the wind and made toward shore
- GK: και τας αγκύρας περιελόντες είων εις την θάλασσαν άμα ανέντες τας ζευκτηρίας των πηδαλίων και επάραντες τον αρτεμώνα τη πνεούση κατείχον εις τον αιγιαλόν
James 3:4
- KJV: Behold also the ships which though so great and driven of fierce winds yet are they turned about with a very small helm whithersoever the governor listeth
- GK: ιδού και τα πλοία τηλικαύτα όντα και υπό σκληρών ανέμων ελαυνόμενα μετάγεται υπό ελαχίστου πηδαλίου όπου αν η ορμή του ευθύνοντος βούληται