Strong G736ἀρτέμων
foresail
- Transliteration
- artemōn
- Pronunciation
- ar-tem'-ohn
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀρτέμων, -ωνος (Rec. -ονος), ὁ
(ἀρτάω, to fasten to),
a fore-sail or top-sail: Act.27:40 (see DB, ext., 366b, 399a; MM, see word).†
(AS)
(ἀρτάω, to fasten to),
a fore-sail or top-sail: Act.27:40 (see DB, ext., 366b, 399a; MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G736 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mainsail1
First verses
- 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀρτέμ-ων, ονος, ὁ,
(ἀρτάω) foresail of a ship, [NT+6th c.AD+ (NT.Act.27.40, uncertain meaning in 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 2.12.)]
II principal pulley in a system, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 10.2.9 (in Latin form, = Gk. ἐπάγων).)]
(ἀρτάω) foresail of a ship, [NT+6th c.AD+ (NT.Act.27.40, uncertain meaning in 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 2.12.)]
II principal pulley in a system, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 10.2.9 (in Latin form, = Gk. ἐπάγων).)]