Strong's Lexicon
G736
G736 — ἀρτέμων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G736 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀρτέμων |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G737 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | artemon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ar-tem'-own |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) something ready 2. (specially) the topsail (rather than foresail or jib) of a vessel {(more remotely from G142; something hung up)} |
| KJV Renderings: | mainsail |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρτέμων, ἀρτεμονος (L T Tr WH ἀρτεμωνος, cf. Winers Grammar, § 9, 1 d.; (Buttmann, 24 (22))), ὁ, top-sail (or foresail?) of a ship: Act 27:40; cf. Meyer at the passage; (especially Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, p. 192f; Graser in the Philologus, 3rd suppl. 1865, p. 201ff).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀρτέμων (mainsail)
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