Strong's Lexicon
G4408
G4408 — πρώρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4408 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρώρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine of a presumed derivative of G4253 as noun |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | prora |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pro'-ra |
| Meaning: | 1. the prow, i.e. forward part of a vessel |
| KJV Renderings: | forepart(-ship) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρῷρα (so R G, πρῷρα Tr), more correctly πρῷρα (see Göttling, Lehre v., Accent, p. 142f; (Chandler § 164; Etym. Magn., p. 692, 34f; cf. 318, 57f; cf. Iota)),. πρώρας (L T WH πρῴρης, cf. μάχαιρα, at the beginning), ἡ (contracted from προειρα from πρό; Lob. Pathol. Element. 2:136, cf. Paralip., p. 215), from Homer down; the prow or forward part of a ship (R. V. foreship): Act 27:30; in Act 27:41 distinguished from ἡ πρύμνα.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρῴρα (forepart(-ship))
Acts 27:30
- KJV: And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship when they had let down the boat into the sea under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship
- GK: των δε ναυτών ζητούντων φυγείν εκ του πλοίου και χαλασάντων την σκάφην εις την θάλασσαν προφάσει ως εκ πρώρας μελλόντων αγκύρας εκτείνειν
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