Strong G45ἄγκυρα
anchor
- Transliteration
- agkura
- Pronunciation
- ang'-koo-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the same as G43; an anchor (as crooked): - anchor.
Detailed definition
ἄγκυρα, -ας, ἡ (ἄγκος, a bend), [in Sm.: Jer.52:18 *;]
an anchor: Act.27:29, 30 40; figuratively (MM, VGT, see word), Heb.6:19.†
(AS)
an anchor: Act.27:29, 30 40; figuratively (MM, VGT, see word), Heb.6:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G45 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- anchor4
First verses
- Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- Acts 27:30And 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,
- Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
- Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄγκῡρα, ἡ,
anchor, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 (see. ἄγκοινα), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 459)]; ἄ. βάλλεσθαι, καθιέναι, μεθιέναι, ἀΦιέναι to cast anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).13, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 662, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.10)]; ἄ. αἴρειν, αἴρεσθαι to weigh anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 50, 80; ἀνέλοιο “Anthologia Graeca” 10.1 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); τὰς νέας ἔχειν ἐπ᾽ ἀγκυρέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12; ὁρμίζειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.59)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγκυρέων ὁρμεῖν ride at anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188; νηῦς μιῆς ἐπ᾽ ἀγκύρης [οὐκ ἀσφ]αλὴς ὁρμεῦσα 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.41; ἐπ᾽ ἀγκύρας ἀποσαλεύειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.22, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1071)]; prov, ἀγαθαὶ πέλοντ᾽.. δύ᾽ ἄγκυραι 'tis good to have 'two strings to your bow', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.101; ἐπὶ δυοῖν ἀγκύραιν ὁρμεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐᾶτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.44, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 19; ἄ. δ᾽ ἥ μου τὰς τύχας ὤχει μόνη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 277)]; ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς (i.e. ἀγκύρας) ὁρμεῖν τοῖς πολλοῖς, i.e. 'to be in the same boat' with the many, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.281; εἰσζ μητρζ παῖδες ἄγκυραι βίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 685)]; οἴκων ἄ., of a son, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 80)]; ἱερὰ ἄ., last hope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 51.)]
II pruning-hook, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.2.2.)]
III ={αἰδοῖον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 191.)]
anchor, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 (see. ἄγκοινα), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 459)]; ἄ. βάλλεσθαι, καθιέναι, μεθιέναι, ἀΦιέναι to cast anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).13, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 662, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.10)]; ἄ. αἴρειν, αἴρεσθαι to weigh anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 50, 80; ἀνέλοιο “Anthologia Graeca” 10.1 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); τὰς νέας ἔχειν ἐπ᾽ ἀγκυρέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12; ὁρμίζειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.59)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγκυρέων ὁρμεῖν ride at anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188; νηῦς μιῆς ἐπ᾽ ἀγκύρης [οὐκ ἀσφ]αλὴς ὁρμεῦσα 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.41; ἐπ᾽ ἀγκύρας ἀποσαλεύειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.22, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1071)]; prov, ἀγαθαὶ πέλοντ᾽.. δύ᾽ ἄγκυραι 'tis good to have 'two strings to your bow', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.101; ἐπὶ δυοῖν ἀγκύραιν ὁρμεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐᾶτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.44, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 19; ἄ. δ᾽ ἥ μου τὰς τύχας ὤχει μόνη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 277)]; ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς (i.e. ἀγκύρας) ὁρμεῖν τοῖς πολλοῖς, i.e. 'to be in the same boat' with the many, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.281; εἰσζ μητρζ παῖδες ἄγκυραι βίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 685)]; οἴκων ἄ., of a son, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 80)]; ἱερὰ ἄ., last hope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 51.)]
II pruning-hook, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.2.2.)]
III ={αἰδοῖον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 191.)]