Strong G4408πρῷρα
bow
- Transliteration
- prōra
- Pronunciation
- pro'-ra
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of a presumed derivation of G4253 as noun; the prow that is forward part of a vessel: - forepart (-ship).
Detailed definition
πρῷρα (Rec. incorrectly πρώρα, see Bl., § 3, 3; LS, see word), -ης (for Att.. -ας, see Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, l 2), ἡ,
the forward part of a ship, the prow: Act.27:30; opposite to πρύμνα, ib. Act.27:41.†
(AS)
the forward part of a ship, the prow: Act.27:30; opposite to πρύμνα, ib. Act.27:41.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4408 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- forepart1
- foreship1
First verses
- 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 27:41And 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρῷρ-α [ᾰ
in nominative and accusative singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 716, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 482, “fragment” 726, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1563, 1582, “Or.” 362, “IT” 1134 (Lyric poetry))]; nominative πρῷρ᾽ with elision in [Refs (“IG” 2.2836)]; accusative πρῴρᾱν is falsa lectio in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.372)]; πρῴρην is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194, 7.180])], ἡ, forepart of a ship, prow, εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς πρῴρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.230 (here probably adjectival with νηός),compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] [same places], etc.; πνεῦμα τοὐκ πρῴρας a contrary wind, opposed to κατὰ πρύμναν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 639.)]
2 metaphorically, πρῷρα βιότου the prow of life's vessel, i.e. early youth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 103 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὦ πρῷρα λοιβῆς Ἑστία thou who art first entitled to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 726)]; πάροιθεν πρῴρας.. καρδίας before my heart's prow, in front of my heart, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 390 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 end of a vinebranch, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.1.3 (conjecture in “CP” 3.14.7). (Written πρώρρα in 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.6.1, +others, but πρωιρ- in “PSI” 4.382.2 (3rd c.BC))], compare πρῳρατικό; κυανοπρωΐρους [??] is cited by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 692.32 from 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, and κυανοπρώϊραν from 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 241: hence πρῷρα is probably _contraction_ from a word of the form ¯ ¯ ?~X, but whether from *πρώειρα, as inferred by 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 2.410)], is doubtful; perhaps from *πρώαιρα, compare νείαιρ; -πρωῑρ- in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus may have arisen by 'distraction' of the contracted form.))]
in nominative and accusative singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 716, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 482, “fragment” 726, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1563, 1582, “Or.” 362, “IT” 1134 (Lyric poetry))]; nominative πρῷρ᾽ with elision in [Refs (“IG” 2.2836)]; accusative πρῴρᾱν is falsa lectio in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.372)]; πρῴρην is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194, 7.180])], ἡ, forepart of a ship, prow, εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς πρῴρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.230 (here probably adjectival with νηός),compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] [same places], etc.; πνεῦμα τοὐκ πρῴρας a contrary wind, opposed to κατὰ πρύμναν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 639.)]
2 metaphorically, πρῷρα βιότου the prow of life's vessel, i.e. early youth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 103 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὦ πρῷρα λοιβῆς Ἑστία thou who art first entitled to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 726)]; πάροιθεν πρῴρας.. καρδίας before my heart's prow, in front of my heart, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 390 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 end of a vinebranch, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.1.3 (conjecture in “CP” 3.14.7). (Written πρώρρα in 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.6.1, +others, but πρωιρ- in “PSI” 4.382.2 (3rd c.BC))], compare πρῳρατικό; κυανοπρωΐρους [??] is cited by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 692.32 from 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, and κυανοπρώϊραν from 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 241: hence πρῷρα is probably _contraction_ from a word of the form ¯ ¯ ?~X, but whether from *πρώειρα, as inferred by 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 2.410)], is doubtful; perhaps from *πρώαιρα, compare νείαιρ; -πρωῑρ- in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus may have arisen by 'distraction' of the contracted form.))]